The St.
Joseph Health Department director says she's hopeful the vaccine could be made available within weeks for those eligible.
Health officials in st.
Joseph are anticipating the arrival of a covid-19 in our area within weeks, kq2's ron johnson spoke with the director of the st.
Joseph health department about what we can expect, and why its still important not to let our guard down just yet.
<<ron johnson reporting a long awaited vaccine for covid-19 could e on its way to st.
Joseph and northwest missouri soonright now we're looking at the second to third week of december.
While local health officials say the timeline for when the vaccine could come to our area isn't set in stone, they are still planning for it's arrival sometime after the 15th of this month.
The first batch of the vaccine will be from pfizer, 1,000 doses of it will be given to mosaic life care for distribution, and like everywhere else healthcare workers are expected to be first in line.
The director of st.
Joseph's health department says once the pfizer vaccine comes in others likely will soon followwe also know that moderna is right behind pfizer in getting its approval and distribution.
I'd say that by the end of the year we'll have a coupe different vaccine options shortly after the first of the year it'll really open up but she cautions that though the distribution process might seem quick, the process of administering the vaccine likely won't be it's gonna take a lot of time, during that time people have to continue to socially distance wash their hands wear face coverings.as the virus is continuing to spread in our area, health officials say the prospective arrival of a vaccine comes not a moment too soon.
I'm grateful to have a vaccine available that is going to be out soon that we can be distributing to people so we can minimize the number of people who are getting sick, especially many people are dying or having severe illness virus.
Ron johnson kq2 news the health director says those who take the vaccine will need two doses spread several weeks apart, she adds it will likely take several months for everyone to get the
There’s a need for local pharmacies to distribute the vaccine to those who want it.