|December 14, 2020 at 5:34 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 7:37 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Hospitals across the Lowcountry are making their plans to begin vaccinating their health care workers as the state’s doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the state.
Roper St. Francis Health and MUSC both announced will begin vaccines Tuesday.
MUSC has not said how many doses it is expecting or how many staff members they expect to inoculate. But the first doctors and nurses are expected to go to a vaccination mobile site once the vaccine has been received.
They also planned to stagger the vaccinations because of possible side effects that include sore arms and a small fever, something MUSC Epidemiologist Dr. Robert Ball said is a normal immune reaction. If side effects require doctors or nurses to take a day off, the hospital will not be left short-handed because of the staggering, he said.
|December 14, 2020 at 5:34 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 7:37 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Hospitals across the Lowcountry are making their plans to begin vaccinating their health care workers as the state’s doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the state.
Roper St. Francis Health and MUSC both announced will begin vaccines Tuesday.
MUSC has not said how many doses it is expecting or how many staff members they expect to inoculate. But the first doctors and nurses are expected to go to a vaccination mobile site once the vaccine has been received.
They also planned to stagger the vaccinations because of possible side effects that include sore arms and a small fever, something MUSC Epidemiologist Dr. Robert Ball said is a normal immune reaction. If side effects require doctors or nurses to take a day off, the hospital will not be left short-handed because of the staggering, he said.
|December 14, 2020 at 5:34 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 7:37 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Hospitals across the Lowcountry are making their plans to begin vaccinating their health care workers as the state’s doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the state.
Roper St. Francis Health and MUSC both announced will begin vaccines Tuesday.
MUSC has not said how many doses it is expecting or how many staff members they expect to inoculate. But the first doctors and nurses are expected to go to a vaccination mobile site once the vaccine has been received.
They also planned to stagger the vaccinations because of possible side effects that include sore arms and a small fever, something MUSC Epidemiologist Dr. Robert Ball said is a normal immune reaction. If side effects require doctors or nurses to take a day off, the hospital will not be left short-handed because of the staggering, he said.
Roper St. Francis Healthcare worker receives hospitalâs first COVID-19 vaccine dose
VIDEO: Roper St. Francis Healthcare worker receives hospitalâs first COVID-19 vaccine dose By Patrick Phillips | December 15, 2020 at 3:31 PM EST - Updated December 15 at 9:19 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A health care worker with 45 years of service at Roper St. Francis Healthcare became the first health care worker at that facility to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday afternoon.
Earl Jackson, 69, received the vaccine to a round of applause.
He said he learned earlier on Tuesday that he would be the first to receive the vaccine. He encouraged others to get the vaccine when it becomes available.
Lowcountry hospitals set plans as COVID vaccine doses arrive
VIDEO: Lowcountry medical facilities set COVID-19 vaccination plans as doses arrive By Patrick Phillips | December 14, 2020 at 5:34 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 7:37 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Hospitals across the Lowcountry are making their plans to begin vaccinating their health care workers as the stateâs doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the state.
Roper St. Francis Health and MUSC both announced will begin vaccines Tuesday.
MUSC has not said how many doses it is expecting or how many staff members they expect to inoculate. But the first doctors and nurses are expected to go to a vaccination mobile site once the vaccine has been received.