The Trousdale County Health Department has received doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and began distributing them this week.
First responders and health care workers began receiving the vaccine on Tuesday, according to Brittany Cox, assistant regional director of Mid-Cumberland Regional Health Office.
Trousdale County received the Moderna vaccine as part of a shipment of 115,000 doses sent to Tennessee after the vaccine received emergency use approval from the Food & Drug Administration.
“We’re in Phase 1a1 and anyone can go to tn.gov and look at the vaccination plan for the State of Tennessee to see where they fall,” Cox said. “In Phase 1a1, we’re helping first responders, home health care providers and student health care providers.”
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FILE - Gov. Bill Lee speaks during the Tennessee Higher Education Commission session of the state budget hearings Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. A prominent voucher groupâs outreach efforts to families of students âcaused nothing but confusionâ while Tennessee attempted to enact a program that would have allowed parents to use tax dollars to pay for private school tuition. According to emails detailing the implementation efforts, officials were clashing with the American Federation for Children as it rushed to get the voucher program up and running. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)