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Priority group faces confusion with limited COVID-19 vaccine

BOISE — Limited coronavirus vaccine availability, confusion over just which Idaho residents should be vaccinated first and rumors of line-jumpers are all complicating the state’s vaccine rollout.

With limited vaccine, Idaho faces priority group confusion

With limited vaccine, Idaho faces priority group confusion By REBECCA BOONEJanuary 22, 2021 GMT BOISE, Idaho (AP) Limited coronavirus vaccine availability, confusion over just which Idaho residents should be vaccinated first and rumors of line-jumpers are all complicating the state’s vaccine rollout. Members of Idaho’s COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Committee met Friday to help clarify exactly who should have first dibs on the state’s vaccine doses. On average, Idaho is shipped about 21,000 vaccine doses each week. Those shipments are earmarked as “first doses,” with the federal government automatically shipping the second dose for each individual vaccine recipient around three weeks later.

Answers to 10 questions you've asked about the COVID-19 vaccine

Updated at Share This IDAHO FALLS Vaccines for COVID-19 continue to be distributed in eastern Idaho. Healthcare workers, EMS, long-term care residents and staff, home care providers, first responders, educators and correctional workers are now eligible for the vaccine. It is being rolled out in stages and beginning in February, people age 65 and older should be eligible to receive the shot. Eastern Idaho Public Health has posted the priority levels here showing when the vaccine will be available for different groups. EastIdahoNews.com has received numerous questions about the COVID-19 vaccination, distribution, processes and procedures. We took those questions to Amy Gamett, the Clinical Services Administrator for EIPH.