Hawaii healthcare workers could get shots in the arm as early as Tuesday
As hospitals prepare for COVID vaccine shipments, state prepares distribution plan By Mahealani Richardson | December 10, 2020 at 5:29 PM HST - Updated December 10 at 5:54 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state expects 81,000 thousand people to receive COVID-19 vaccinations by the end of the month, including health care workers, staff and patients in long-term care facilities, and first responders.
Among those doses, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii says hospitals are expecting around 25,000 vaccines, while 17,000 vaccines are expected to be delivered to long-term care facilities.
At the Hilo Medical Center, an operating room nurse spent part of her day Thursday showing off a freezer that can store more than 900 ice-packed Pfizer vaccine vials at ultra-low temperatures.