Vaccine Preferences: DC, Md., Va. How to handle distribution

Deadline for that The United States says to develop plans Officials around the region have revealed their plans for Friday, who will receive the first dose after receiving the Pfizer vaccine, and as corona virus cases are on the rise.

DC, Maryland and Virginia will ship the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine in mid-December, and they also have a plan for who will receive it when the vaccine arrives.

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D.C.

Recently D.C. Developed its vaccination program.

For the initial wave of vaccinations, DC will receive a dose of 6,825, DC Health Director Dr. LaGuandra Nesbit said.

Ships – seven boxes with 975 displays each – will be shipped to six sites “equipped with the equipment needed to store the Pfizer vaccine.”

• Metstar Washington Hospital Center
• Howard University Hospital
• George Washington University Hospital
• Children’s National Hospital
• Kaiser permanent
• Metstar Georgetown University Hospital

That 6,825 dose Less than 10% of DC’s frontline health workers, 85,000 people.

Nesbit outlined priority groups that include health workers, first responders, essential workers and at-risk DC residents, as well as the Rollout program.

“The District of Columbia will implement a one-phase approach to vaccination,” Nesbit noted, adding that “we do not have to fully vaccinate each phase before we move on to the next phase.”

“At each of these stages, Phase 1A is primarily health workers and first responders; Phase 1B is essential workers and those at risk; Phase 2, the remaining Phase 1 people and the general public; then Phase 3,” he said.

Excess shipments of the vaccine are expected weekly or every week.

Maryland

Maryland will receive a dose of 150,000 in the first delivery of the Pfizer vaccine.

The plan, released by government Larry Hogan, says those levels will go to health workers and staff in hospitals.

According to Hogan, those 150,000 doses they receive in mid-December will only cover half of the state’s health workers.

A phase of vaccine delivery involves pre-hospital responders and health workers caring for COVID-19 patients. Employees and residents of nursing homes and essential workers, such as public safety and education, are also included in the first phase of the program.

The second phase of vaccine distribution will go to the general public. Health officials said the general public will begin vaccinating this spring.

Virginia

In update, Said Virginia is preparing to receive a total of 480,000 dose vaccines from both Pfizer and Moderna by the end of this month.

The Virginia Department of Health said Thursday that the estimate is based on new data on Operation Warp speeds.

Those with essential workers and health conditions are at higher risk. Health workers and residents of long-term care homes will be vaccinated first.

According to state epidemiologist Dr. Lillian Peake, there are about 500,000 people who fit the description for the first phase.

The dose is estimated at 480,000 for the month of December. “Weekly shipments are expected to begin after the initial shipment,” it said, adding that this will continue for health workers and long-term care facility residents.

The CVS and Walkreens teams will assist long-term care residents with vaccinations.

The first shipment of Pfizer vaccines is expected in mid-December; More than 70,000 initial doses will be distributed to health workers, with caregivers of COVID-19 patients receiving the highest priority.

“The actual amount of vaccine obtained in Virginia depends on the moving target and when and how quickly vaccine sizes are produced,” the Department of Health said.

“We fully expect everyone to get enough vaccines,” said Ralph Northam, a spokesman for the government, which said in a statement earlier this week that “it will take time.”

Northam predicts that all Virgins will be vaccinated in late spring or early summer.

WTOP’s Will Witka, Deta Alim and Christy King contributed to the report.