Virginia Tech medical faculty, students will receive the COVID-10 vaccine
News Highlights: Virginia Tech medical faculty, students will receive the COVID-10 vaccine
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ / Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Release) – Members of the Virginia Tech The Carilion School of Medicine (VTCSOM) community has begun to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
In December, Carilion Clinic and other local health systems began administering vaccines to their healthcare providers. That includes their employees who also hold faculty degrees in medical school, who have received a vaccine “for their clinical role in seeing patients, a group prioritized by the Virginia Department of Health as part of Phase 1a”, said the school.
Virginia Tech medical school faculty, students getting COVID-10 vaccine Carilion Clinic COVID-19 Vaccine (Source: Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine) By Pat Thomas | January 7, 2021 at 11:07 AM EST - Updated January 14 at 2:32 PM
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ/Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Release) - Members of the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (VTCSOM) community have started receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
In December, Carilion Clinic and other local health systems began administering vaccines to their health care providers. That includes their employees who also hold faculty titles at the medical school, who received the vaccine âbecause of their clinical roles seeing patients, a group prioritized by the Virginia Department of Health as part of Phase 1a,â according to the school.
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