More than 300,000 New Hampshire residents eligible in this phase of the coronavirus vaccine rollout are already signed up for their first shot. Residents we.
COVID vaccine 2nd doses delayed in NH. Here s what state is doing.
EXETER – Suzanne Garrison and her husband, Richard, received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at Exeter High School Tuesday as part of the state s Phase 1B distribution.
They immediately went home and logged onto the state s website to register to receive the second dose, only to find the earliest they could get another appointment was eight weeks out. The second dose is recommended to be administered within six weeks. The recommended timing for second doses for those receiving the Moderna vaccine, as the Garrisons did, is 28 days after the first dose. It s 21 days for the Pfizer vaccine.
LIVE BLOG - CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Additional second dose appointments open up for Phase 1B
Updated: Friday, Jan. 29, 5:00 p.m.
On Tuesday, February 2, 2021, at 8:00 a.m., additional second dose appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine will be made available for scheduling in CDC’s VAMs scheduling system. Phase 1B participants who have received their first dose were emailed instructions earlier today.
These second dose appointments will only available to people that have already received their first dose and are scheduling their second dose, and those who have already scheduled their second dose appointments but would like to reschedule for an earlier date.
LIVE BLOG - CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: 16 additional COVID-19 deaths announced
Update: Thursday, Jan. 28, 4:29 p.m.
Sixteen additional residents have died from the coronavirus, state health officials announced Thursday.
The state also reported 721 new COVID-19 cases. There are 5,374 active infections statewide and 222 residents are in the hospital for treatment.
Since the pandemic began, New Hampshire has recorded 1,022 deaths and confirmed 64,258 positive cases of coronavirus.
- NHPR Staff
Update: Wednesday, Jan. 27, 5:25 p.m.
New Hampshire s death toll from COVID-19 is now more than 1,000. Today s announcement of 12 deaths brings the total number of fatalities in the state to 1,006, according to health officials.