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Methodist Health System received a shipment of 1,775 doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech product early Tuesday. It will be distributed to frontline workers, including those at Methodist Hospital, Methodist Womenâs Hospital and Methodist Fremont Health. Methodist planned to begin vaccinating on Wednesday. âWeâve been waiting for this moment since March,â said Josie Abboud, president and CEO of Methodist and Methodist Womenâs hospitals. CHI Health had received about 7,000 doses by Tuesday at its Nebraska hospitals, said Dr. Cary Ward, the health systemâs chief medical officer. That includes the 3,900 doses that arrived Monday at Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy. Bryan Health in Lincoln also began vaccinating frontline staff Monday. ....
LINCOLN â Hereâs the good news: Nebraskaâs first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines, expected to arrive as soon as this weekend, will go to eight hospitals for their initial use. The not-so-good news: Thereâs uncertainty about the expected Pfizer vaccine shipments in the second and third weeks. Nebraska officials now expect to get fewer than the 100,000 doses they had anticipated by the end of the year. âIt may not be that much,â Gov. Pete Ricketts said Wednesday. Federal officials are expected to give the OK on Thursday for the emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine. Nebraska is anticipating 15,600 doses in the initial shipment, which will be sent to hospitals with the capacity to store the vaccine at super-cold temperatures. ....
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