According to a hospital spokesman, the federal government will assist with the launch of a mass vaccination center at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center with LCMC Health, the New Orleans Department of Health and the state.
The site aims to distribute hundreds and then thousands of coronavirus vaccines daily as supply increases. Johnson & Johnson’s single dose vaccine will be distributed on the website as soon as it is available.
An advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration will this week vote on a recommendation for emergency consent for Johnson & Johnson, the third potential vaccine in the US. March, according to a statement.
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Louisiana received 90,000 doses this week, but demand is still better than supply. However, officials expect that there will be a huge benefit in the coming weeks to support mass vaccinations. It is not yet clear when the site will open.
“We want to reassure the community that when we have more vaccines available, we are ready to offer them in large quantities,” said Gregory Feirn, LCMC CEO.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Agency for Emergency Management will provide a $ 4.1 million grant to fund the site.
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The on-site vaccine administration will meet the current qualifying groups in Louisiana: health care workers, residents and staff for long-term care communities, teachers’ school staff, day care workers, health care providers, pregnant people, law enforcement, anyone over 65 and ages 55 to 65 with certain health conditions.
As supply increases, other groups will be added.
“It is vital that we increase our vaccination efforts to ensure that all our people can be protected from COVID-19, and that we need the space to do so,” said Mayor LaToya Cantrell. ‘I thank LCMC Health for working with the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center team to put in place the plans to vaccinate our residents so we can be a stronger and healthier city on the road to recovery. . “
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The news comes after representatives said the Smoothie King Center and Superdome are not available as massive vaccination sites due to the ongoing renovation work.
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is ideal for high effort because it does not have the same cold storage requirements as the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines and is only one shot. Johnson & Johnson’s were 72% effective in preventing moderate to severe disease in a US clinical trial and 66% in a global trial. It was 100% effective in preventing death.
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