When it comes to the state’s rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, the easier the process, the better, health care experts said Wednesday.
“It has to be simple,” Dr. Don Caruso, president and CEO of the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, told U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen Wednesday during a virtual meeting she hosted to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the state. “The more complex we make this rollout, the slower it will be.”
He pointed to the next phase of the rollout, which allows for people to receive the vaccine if they have two or more serious medical conditions.
NH still deciding whether to expand vaccine eligibility
By HOLLY RAMERJanuary 13, 2021 GMT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) New Hampshire is still deciding whether to follow the Trump administration’s recommendation to immediately start vaccinating older adults earlier than initially planned, a public health official said Wednesday.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced Tuesday a series of major changes to increase supply of vaccines, provide more locations for people to get shots, and extend eligibility to people age 65 and older and younger people with certain health problems.
Patricia Tilley, deputy director of the state Division of Public Health, said the governor and public health teams are reviewing the guidance and awaiting more details about supply.
GOV. CHRIS SUNUNU had his eye on Congress last week.
For starters, he wasnât doing handstands over the COVID-19 relief bill that lawmakers finally passed after eight months of inaction.
Sununu doesnât believe any of them read the 5,600-page bill, which amounts to a $2.3 trillion spending plan, with $900 billion for COVID-19 and another $1.4 trillion to keep the federal government running.
Sununu was asked if the stateâs all-Democratic delegation had done a good job even if Congress had underperformed in 2020.
âNo. I donât think they were doing a good job at all. They sat on their hands for eight months, sitting at home, writing their letters⦠This is the best leadership we can put forward in Washington?â Sununu asked.