Deployment of Alabama vaccines that enter the complex phase of second doses and increase admission
Alabama’s coronavirus vaccination process will begin in a complex new phase in the coming days, as hundreds of thousands of people who received their first dose return to receive their second, and another 750,000 citizens are eligible to receive their first.
On Monday, February 8, the state’s expansion of fitness for all citizens aged 65 and over begins, and many categories of frontline workers begin. Next week, the number of people seeking their second dose of vaccination will increase.
“We spent a month giving them their first shots. “It’s time for all the people to come back exactly and take their second time, ‘said dr. Scott Harris, state health officer, said during an information session Friday.
Of the two vaccines approved for use, one from Pfizer requires two shots three weeks apart and one from Moderna requires two shots given four weeks apart.
Alabama is in its eighth week of vaccine admissions, but the program has increased significantly in mid-January, meaning that the coming weeks will be the first time that the administration of second doses is a project on the same scale as the first. doses.
There is especially a day or two that the vaccine providers let you know how many doses they have administered, and the number of shots given this week is likely to rise to about the same level as the previous two weeks this weekend when all shots are reported. . .
As of Friday afternoon, the state had received 923,750 shots and fired 436,962 of them, good for 52.21%.
Alabama is expected to receive 74,325 doses of vaccine products, and 60,450 seconds, next week, according to an announcement by the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH).
ADPH takes 40,000 first doses and indicates that they should be distributed at eight inpatient clinics located in Anniston, Birmingham, Dothan, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Selma and Tuscaloosa. The department plans to give the drive-in locations in those cities 1,000 shots on each business day next week.
More details about the mass clinics are available here. Some will need appointments and others will not.
The relatively low dose rates mean that appointing an appointment remains a challenge for those who are eligible.
ADPH still offers an online portal that Alabamians can use to qualify and try to schedule a vaccination appointment.
“Overall, I would say that our provincial health departments were booked until mid-April,” Harris warned Friday. “They focus mostly on second shots at this point.”
A map of all sites certified to provide the vaccines, including some that are not accessible through the online portal, can be found here on the “All Alabama Vaccine Providers” tab at the bottom of the page.
Henry Thornton is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can contact him by email: [email protected] or on Twitter @ HenryThornton95.