Coronavirus vaccine arrives at Huntsville Hospital
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WAAY-31's Beken Terry discusses the distribution of the vaccine in local hospitals.
Coronavirus vaccine arrives at Huntsville Hospital
We know the vaccine arrived at huntsville hospital main this morning at 8:30 a-m.
Starting tomorrow - they'll begin vaccinating front line workers and other hospital staff who regularly works with covid-19 patients.
The follow-up booster will take place 21 days later.
Waay 31's bridget divers joins us live from the hospital now.
She spent the day working to learn how that process will work at north alabama's largest hospital!
Bridget?
Dan, najahe -- huntsville hospital has been doing dry runs of administering the covid-19 vaccine to figure out the timing and logistics.
Hospital administrators has also done several table tops.
Where they sit and discuss all the different phases of getting the vaccine.
So, they can schedule future appointments for employees to get the vaccine.
"we walked through a person entering a vaccine site, to how long it will take to do the paperwork, to how many steps they will take to get to the vaccine, how many stations we have."
After hospital employees receive the vaccine -- they will have to wait thirty minutes to be monitored for any side-effects.
The hospital has already taken that into consideration and will make sure there is room to keep people six feet apart.
Live outside huntsville hospital, bridget divers, waay-31 news.
WAAY-31's Beken Terry discusses the distribution of the vaccine in local hospitals.
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