Nashville Metro Health: No COVID-19 vaccine will go to waste
When health officials noticed two leftover doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, they made sure it didn t go to waste. Author: WSMV Staff, Alexandria Adams Published: 7:41 PM EST January 7, 2021 Updated: 7:43 PM EST January 7, 2021
State health officials said the goal is to get COVID-19 vaccines in people s arms and that’s exactly what happened for two Nashville Subway employees who worked near a distribution site.
Metro Health Department has been working with HCA to administer the vaccines to first responders.
Last week, at the end of a shift, Metro healthcare workers realized they had two doses of the Pfizer vaccine left.
Nashville Tennessean
Tennessee counties will split about 30,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week as the state funnels about 40% of its doses to nursing homes, leaving some areas already facing vaccine shortages with less supply this month, a state official said Wednesday.
The state also stopped disclosing which county health agencies currently have a vaccine supply and which have run out.
The Tennessee Department of Health initially reported Wednesday it received only 48,000 vaccine doses this week – about half of what was expected – but later confirmed it incorrectly excluded tens of thousands of doses slated for long-term care facilities from that weekly total. The agency later clarified that Tennessee actually got approximately 80,000 doses, only about 10,000 short of what was expected.
Changes made to Tennessee s vaccine roll out plan
Bud Nelson
and last updated 2020-12-30 18:16:29-05
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Tennessee Department of Health officials announced changes to the vaccine roll-out plan.
On Wednesday, there was a steady flow of people at Metro s vaccine clinic on 10
th and Fatherland in East Nashville.
According to officials, teachers and people over the age of 75 are next in line to get vaccinated. However, every county is currently in a different phase. For example, in Hardin and Decatur Counties, they re already vaccinating the elderly. See the list here.
In Nashville, theyâre not vaccinating the elderly yet. Because of that, the health department has already gotten a number of angry calls, Brian Todd, Director of Communications said.
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COVID Task Force Chairman receives COVID-19 vaccine, encourages people to do their own research
Metro Coronavirus Task Force Chairman Dr. Alex Jahangir was vaccinated Friday. He told news reporters he has a lot of confidence in the coronavirus vaccine, saying the Pfizer vaccine is the first step in putting this virus behind us as a community.
Posted at 3:08 PM, Dec 18, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-18 21:28:43-05
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Metro Coronavirus Task Force Chairman Dr. Alex Jahangir was vaccinated Friday. He told news reporters he has a lot of confidence in the coronavirus vaccine, saying the Pfizer vaccine is the first step in putting this virus behind us as a community.