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Nebraska gives coronavirus vaccine to health care workers

Nebraska gives coronavirus vaccine to health care workers By GRANT SCHULTE and JOSH FUNKDecember 14, 2020 GMT LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Nebraska received its first shipment of the new coronavirus vaccine on Monday and expects to get more than 100,000 doses this month to treat front-line health care workers, state officials said. Dr. Gary Anthone, Nebraska’s chief medical officer, said initial shipments arrived at two hospitals by mid-morning. “We only know that we expect to receive . 15,600 within the next 24 to 48 hours,” Anthone said at a news conference with Gov. Pete Ricketts. Nebraska’s distribution plan calls for the first vaccine doses to go to front-line health workers and other key professions, including meatpacking workers and teachers. Ricketts said the general public likely won’t be eligible until April.

First doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Omaha | NewsRadio 1110 KFAB

By Julia Bertino The first doses of Pfizer s new COVID-19 vaccine are now in Omaha. CHI Health s CUMC-Bergan Mercy got their first shipment of vaccines around 6:30 Monday morning. C-H-I Health s Vice President of Pharmacy Mike Tiesi says their received four boxes of vials, with each box containing 975 doses of the new vaccine. Once the hospital pharmacy received the doses, employees began unpacking it right away and placing it into their ultra-low freezer. Employees had just three minutes to make the transfer from the original packaging in dry ice to their own freezers. According to CHI, the vaccine can last up to five days, once thawed, prior to use. The hospital has been instructed to use all of the doses and not hold any back to the second dose, which will be given 21 days later. Tiesi says the doses they received may be distributed to other facilities in the area.

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