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Jordan Culver
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Cheers leaves Michigan as the first COVID-19 vaccine dose
Shipments of the first Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine left the Michigan facility, much to the excitement of the workers.
With COVID-19 approaching the death of 100,000,000 people in the United States, the country’s first coronavirus vaccine is reaching healthcare facilities in “every corner of America.”
Vaccinations are expected to be Monday in all 50 states. Health care workers and nursing home residents are in the first line to receive the vaccine developed by Pfizer and its German partner Bioentech.
Despite the positive news of the incoming vaccine, U.S. Still overcrowded hospitals are battling hospitals and the most tragic target in the country is the 1,000,000,000 deaths, with the U.S. being the closest nation.
While President Donald Trump and other federal officials will be vaccinated over several days, Trump tweeted Sunday night that he was not “scheduled.” To achieve immunization but at the “right” time.
The vaccine was also endorsed by CDC director Robert Redfield, who said the agency’s recommendation “comes at a crucial time” and that the virus was spreading across the country. Vaccine providers plan for multiple scenarios that could prevent the spread of the virus, including earthquakes.
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President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will join the aforementioned incumbents, who were vaccinated with the coronavirus 10 days from next week to protect against an epidemic that is plaguing government functions, officials said Sunday.
The shots will be given to officials from all three branches of government, including Congress and White House leaders in the Supreme Court. White House staff who work close to Trump are also expected to receive the vaccine sooner.
There are many outbreaks during the White House epidemic with Trump, his staff chief and many aides among the infected. Most of the new vaccines will be kept for health care workers and employees of residential and nursing homes, which are most affected by the virus.
– David Jackson
Hospitals and medical centers spent preparing for the first COVID-19 vaccine to arrive on Monday morning, a huge undertaking began when a fleet of unmanned police cars guarded by unmarked police cars from Michigan’s Portage-based Pfizer manufacturing plant began.
The tractor-trailers carrying the vaccine 189b were slowly applauded by the oncoming visitors. Doses kept in those cartons will be introduced into the hands of health care workers in all 50 states starting Monday morning.
Hours and hours of run-throws and tabletop exercises and zoom calls are required because of the training and great organization required to deal with the Pfizer vaccine.
– Elizabeth Weiss
With zero percent hospital capacity left, officials at Providence St. Mary Medical Center are now urging local residents to follow the coronavirus protocol.
The situation at California Hospital is not unique. Across the country, health centers are reaching their breaking point, surrounded by coronavirus patients and running out of resources, including staff. But the Providence St. Mary director and front-line healthcare activists are seeking citizen support to slow the spread locally.
“In the last three, four weeks, there has been a case study of what happens when people don’t keep social distance, when people don’t wear masks,” said hospital spokesman Brian Kawasaki. We hope people learn and help alleviate the stress of hospital systems in the high desert. “
– Martin Estasio and Matthew Cabe, Victorville Daily Press
Some of Florida’s top hospitals, including those expecting the first shipment of the vaccine soon to prevent COVID-19, do not need medical and support staff to get shots, even if they need inoculation against a much less deadly flu virus.
Five Florida hospitals are preparing to receive an initial delivery of 100,000 doses of the Pfizer / Bioentech vaccine between Monday and next Sunday, said Jared Moskovitz, director of emergency management. Those hospitals are in Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville, Miami and Hollywood.
The state’s vaccine distribution scheme has called for health care workers, other “essential employees”, the elderly and those with health problems to prioritize getting vaccines to put Kovid-19 complications at greater risk. But not all Florida hospitals are getting the first dose, their employees will need to be vaccinated.
Governor of Florida. The federal government will provide the state with 179,400 doses of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and its partner Bioentech, Ron Disantis said Thursday.
– Frank Glock, Fort Myers News-Press
Contributors: The Associated Press
