State Administers Nearly 5% More Vaccine Doses
The number of people getting vaccinated for the coronavirus increased nearly 5% last week in Nebraska.
State officials said 48,982 doses of the vaccines were administered last week, up from 46,806 doses the week before. The state is working to speed up distribution of the vaccines. So far, about 4.6% of the state’s population has received both required doses of a vaccine.
Across Nebraska, local health departments have begun vaccinating people 65 and older and some essential workers in the second phase of the campaign. Health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities were the first to get the shots.
Last Friday, public health officials last Friday urged residents who received their first coronavirus vaccination shot to return for their second dose to get full immunity, saying that roughly 6,000 people have not done so within the recommended time window.
State officials have seen a “slight lag” in people but are working to contact them and schedule appointments, said Angie Ling, incident commander for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.
“We’re really hoping that people come in for their second doses,” Ling said in a coronavirus press conference with Gov. Pete Ricketts.
Ling said Nebraska officials are working with the federal government to submit a plan so the state can receive more federal money to help deliver vaccines.
The governor said the nation’s two current vaccine providers, Moderna and Pfizer, have been ramping up their production and Nebraska should receive a larger weekly allotment soon. Ling said the state expects to receive 28,700 doses of vaccine this week.
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