Limited amounts of COVID-19 vaccine expected to start arriving in NH next week – WMUR Manchester

Long-term care facilities are set to be included in the first group of COVID-19 vaccinations in New Hampshire. On Wednesday, new information was revealed on the timeline and number of vaccine doses coming to the state.>> Download the FREE WMUR appThe first shipment of vaccine could be in New Hampshire by the middle of next week, in limited amounts. There will be 12,675 doses of the Pfizer vaccine allocated to start, with a larger allocation of the Moderna vaccine the week of Dec. 21, according to Dr. Beth Daly of Health and Human Services. Then we will continue to receive weekly allocations thereafter, Daly said. We do not know the exact amount of what that will be.Reaffirming to long-term care facilities on the weekly call, that they will be prioritized, along with at-risk health workers and first responders, also as early as the week of Dec. 21. We are meeting regularly with the pharmacies to understand their plan for New Hampshire, what does that mean for Dec. 21, what is that going to look like, how many facilities are they planning to do each week, Daly said. The safety of the vaccine was discussed and the most common side effects from pain, redness and swelling at the injection site. To fatigue, headache, muscle and joint pain, chills and fever. A complicating factor because people are screened for fever before they enter facilities.So, if somebody was vaccinated 24 hours before it seems to be that 14% of those may have some fever so essentially be screened out, Dr. Elizabeth Talbot said. The state is working on a strategy for that, along with other information to be released in the days ahead.And officials issued a reminder, with little known about the transmissibility of the virus, once someone has gotten the vaccine, we need to keep our guard up.Tempering our collective enthusiasm, theres really good news here, but we still need to maintain all the different strategies weve put in place to prevent transmission, Talbot said.

Long-term care facilities are set to be included in the first group of COVID-19 vaccinations in New Hampshire. On Wednesday, new information was revealed on the timeline and number of vaccine doses coming to the state.

>> Download the FREE WMUR app

The first shipment of vaccine could be in New Hampshire by the middle of next week, in limited amounts. There will be 12,675 doses of the Pfizer vaccine allocated to start, with a larger allocation of the Moderna vaccine the week of Dec. 21, according to Dr. Beth Daly of Health and Human Services.

Then we will continue to receive weekly allocations thereafter, Daly said. We do not know the exact amount of what that will be.

Reaffirming to long-term care facilities on the weekly call, that they will be prioritized, along with at-risk health workers and first responders, also as early as the week of Dec. 21.

We are meeting regularly with the pharmacies to understand their plan for New Hampshire, what does that mean for Dec. 21, what is that going to look like, how many facilities are they planning to do each week, Daly said.

The safety of the vaccine was discussed and the most common side effects from pain, redness and swelling at the injection site. To fatigue, headache, muscle and joint pain, chills and fever. A complicating factor because people are screened for fever before they enter facilities.

So, if somebody was vaccinated 24 hours before it seems to be that 14% of those may have some fever so essentially be screened out, Dr. Elizabeth Talbot said.

The state is working on a strategy for that, along with other information to be released in the days ahead.

And officials issued a reminder, with little known about the transmissibility of the virus, once someone has gotten the vaccine, we need to keep our guard up.

Tempering our collective enthusiasm, theres really good news here, but we still need to maintain all the different strategies weve put in place to prevent transmission, Talbot said.

Link:

Limited amounts of COVID-19 vaccine expected to start arriving in NH next week - WMUR Manchester