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.
Military Veterans In Hawaii Will Have To Wait For A Coronavirus Vaccine - Honolulu Civil Beat
Military Veterans In Hawaii Will Have To Wait For A Coronavirus Vaccine
The VA Pacific Islands Healthcare System will not receive the Pfizer vaccine, but may get the Moderna vaccine if the FDA approves it. Reading time: 3 minutes.
The Department of Veterans Affairs began administering its first doses of the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine on the mainland this week. But veterans in Hawaii will have to wait a bit longer.
The VA recently announced its initial 37 vaccination sites that will be receiving the Pfizer vaccine, the first to be approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration. The sites include several regional systems on the mainland as well as the Caribbean VA Healthcare System in Puerto Rico.