State of Mississippi releases plans for COVID-19 vaccine distribution

- mississippi has released its- covid-19 vaccine distribution - plan.

- a distribution timeline for - vaccines is still being - - - developed, but state health - officer dr. thomas dobbs expect- the first - doses in mississippi as early a- december.

- with limited vaccine supplies t- start, mississippi's- draft plan calls for about more- than 156 - thousand paid- and unpaid workers in healthcar- settings with - potentially infectious patients- to be vaccinated first.

- vaccinations would follow for - first responders, - food packaging and distribution- workers, public school- employees and students, and - those at increased risk - from grave illness due to age o- underlying- medical conditions, including - nursing home- residents.- vaccination sites would at firs- be limited to hospitals and - satellite facilities.

- both the moderna and pfizer - vaccines require two- doses administered several week- apart.- state health officials have - asked that congress - provide $8.4 billion for the- massive nationwide-