COVID vaccine 2nd doses delayed in NH. Here s what state is doing.
EXETER – Suzanne Garrison and her husband, Richard, received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at Exeter High School Tuesday as part of the state s Phase 1B distribution.
They immediately went home and logged onto the state s website to register to receive the second dose, only to find the earliest they could get another appointment was eight weeks out. The second dose is recommended to be administered within six weeks. The recommended timing for second doses for those receiving the Moderna vaccine, as the Garrisons did, is 28 days after the first dose. It s 21 days for the Pfizer vaccine.
The first full day of New Hampshire’s Phase 1B COVID-19 vaccinations for people age 65 and up and other eligible people had sites in Dover and Exeter busy Tuesday. There was a steady stream of Seacoast residents getting their first doses and a number of Phase 1A first responders receiving their second doses.
Nottingham resident Patricia Guarino received her first vaccine dose Tuesday morning in Exeter and said it was super simple to register for her appointment with the state after receiving notification from her healthcare provider. Ten minutes after receiving the vaccine, she said she was not experiencing a dead-arm sensation like a flu shot leaves behind temporarily for some.