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.”