First shipments of coronavirus vaccine arrive in Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Hospitals across Missouri should have the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine this week, possibly as early as Monday.
Gov. Mike Parson said on his social media accounts Monday afternoon that the first vials of Pfizer s coronavirus vaccine have arrived in the state.
The doses will go out to 21 sites across the state which will then being vaccinations, Parson said.
BJC HealthCare spokeswoman Lauren High said Monday morning that BJC will get its first vaccine doses Monday or Tuesday. The company will receive about 9,750 doses and start administering them by the end of the week, she said.
COLUMBIA - The first COVID-19 vaccinations have begun in Columbia.
The Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital began administering COVID-19 vaccinations to frontline health care personnel and veterans residing in the facility s long-term care Community Living Center on Tuesday.
Alvin âBobâ River, a 99-year-old U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, was the first patient at Truman VA to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 15, 2020. Mr. River, a resident of Montgomery City, Missouri, will turn 100 years old on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2020. Courtesy: Truman VA
Truman VA was part of the initial group of 37 VA medical centers across the country that began receiving and administering the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week.
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