COVID-19 Vaccines Now Available For All Veterans In Hawaii - Honolulu Civil Beat
It will also be available to veterans’ spouses and caregivers. Reading time: 2 minutes.
The Department of Veterans Affairs Pacific Island Healthcare System is now offering vaccines to all veterans, as well as their spouses and live-in caregivers in Hawaii. Previously veterans aged 65 and up or holding jobs as essential workers were eligible.
Last month, President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan bill allowing the VA to expand vaccine eligibility to spouses and caregivers of disabled and elderly veterans.
VA spokeswoman Amy Rohlfs said that Hawaii was able to move forward beginning Wednesday, noting that some local veterans have declined to take the vaccine until they can get it with their families.
Military To Expand COVID-19 Vaccinations After Early Success In Hawaii - Honolulu Civil Beat
Military To Expand COVID-19 Vaccinations After Early Success In Hawaii
A small shipment to Tripler earlier this week was meant to test supply chains as the Pentagon gets set for more widespread vaccinations. Reading time: 5 minutes.
The military has begun vaccinating personnel in Hawaii at Tripler Army Medical Center after the hospital received its first vaccines on Tuesday. The military hospital is one of the Department of Defense’s 16 initial vaccination sites to distribute 43,875 initial vaccines.
The Pfizer vaccine must be transported and stored at subzero temperatures. The military initially chose to send the vaccines out in relatively small shipments, fearing that one small mistake could compromise them.