8 ATLANTA The Department of Defense has supported the state-run, federally-supported Atlanta Community Vaccination Center since March 24, 2021, and administered the 100,000th dose of the COVID vaccine April 13, 2021.
Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia, supplement the vaccine process by providing licensed medical professionals and enlisted personnel within specific career fields who are trained and authorized by DoD to administer vaccines. The DoD also provided additional active duty personnel to support mission requirements.
“They started vaccinating here in January, we were able to augment that capacity and increase it substantially to allow us to vaccinate a lot more people in this area,” said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Steven Chadwick, Vaccination Support Team commander.
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With the first COVID-19 vaccine expected to be approved by federal health officials this week, CVS is calling in the cavalry to speed up the administration of the cure.
CVS Pharmacy is expected to hire thousands of nurses, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians across the country to help expedite the administration of the vaccine, as the nation sees a spike in new COVID-19 cases.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will meet on Thursday, Dec. 10 to determine if the new vaccines produced by Pfizer and other companies are safe and effective, at which point it is expected to be distributed to pharmacies and hospitals.In a job listing, CVS sought to hire new employees to join the company’s “COVID-19 Vaccination Support Team.”