(Des Moines)– The first shipments of COVID-19 vaccine should be arriving in Iowa in a few weeks. Speaking during a press conference this (Thurs.) morning, Governor Kim Reynolds reported the state of Iowa should be receiving 172,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the month…
“Pending its approval, we anticipate receiving our first shipment of approximately 26,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine around December 13th. The week of December 20th we anticipate another 31 doses of the Pfizer vaccine and pending its approval, our first shipment of 54,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine. The week of December 27th another 95,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine and 77 doses of the Moderna vaccine are anticipated to arrive in Iowa. In total that’s 172,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to protect Iowans.”
Reynolds determining which population groups will get vaccinated first will be done in accordance with CDC guidelines…
“In Iowa we’ll distribute a portion of the allocation to hospitals for their work force and to our long term care facilities. The federal government has developed a long term care pharmacy partnership and that is a program that leverages national pharmacies to help administer the vaccine in long term care facilities. This will allow us to quickly and efficiently vaccinate our most vulnerable population first in communities across the state.”
Kelly Garcia, Director of the Iowa Department of Human Services, said the state should have enough vaccine by mid 2021 to vaccinate anyone who wants it.
