Nome’s tribal health care provider expects to be receiving the first rounds of a COVID-19 vaccine as early as next week. KNOM reports on how Norton Sound Health Corporation (NSHC) plans to distribute those initial doses.
NSHC plans to follow federal and state guidelines for a vaccine roll-out by targeting their nursing home residents and staff at the Quyanna Care Center when the first doses arrive. That’s according to NSHC Medical Director Mark Peterson.
“And then we’ll just turn that around and start vaccinating our frontline healthcare workers. And everybody from doctors, nurses, housekeeping staff, laundry staff, everybody that’s involved with frontline COVID-19 direct contact work.”