COLUMBUS, Ohio — Healthcare workers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine Monday, the hospital confirmed to News 5 Cleveland.
VACCINE NEWS: 20-30 healthcare workers at @OSUWexMed in Columbus will get their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine today, the hospital confirms to @WEWS. Not sure on exact timing, depends on when the doses are delivered to the hospital today.
— Meg Shaw (@MegDShaw) December 14, 2020
Between 20 to 30 healthcare workers received the first dose.
We are so excited to have administered the first round of #COVID19 vaccines at #OSUWexMed at 10:47 this morning. #InThisTogetherOhio #TogetherAsBuckeyes pic.twitter.com/VAz3MlJ5EB
— The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center 😷 (@OSUWexMed) December 14, 2020
On Monday, a shipment from Pfizer will include 9,750 vaccines for Ohio's prepositioned hospital sites. An additional 88,725 vaccines will go to Walgreens and CVS for congregate care settings.
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus is one of ten propositioned hospital sites in Northeast Ohio along with MetroHealth and Aultman Hospital in Stark County that will get a portion of the 9,750 doses designated for healthcare workers.
According to the Ohio Department of Health, these vaccines will be the first dose for those in the identified critical groups. A second dose will be delivered and administered in the future.
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