Louisiana administered its first corona virus vaccine to health workers at Ochsner Health’s Jefferson Parish Medical Center this morning, according to John Bell Edwards.
Pfizer footage was provided to workers who regularly visit COVID-19 patients, according to state vaccination programs announced last week. Doctors with Osner spoke about the importance of the vaccine and urged skeptics to believe in its safety in a live stream video of the first vaccines.
Louisiana’s first shipment of 39,000 Pfizer vaccines this week will all go directly to hospitals. In addition to Ochsner’s New Orleans Area Hospital, the Willis-Knight Health Organization in Shreveport will provide vaccinations to its workers today.
Ochsner says vaccinations at Baton Rouge will begin Tuesday. Those who receive the vaccine should receive a second dose within 21 days.
“Today is the beginning of the end, because I saw some scenes armed here,” Edwards said. However, he stressed that Louisiana residents should continue to take precautionary measures against COVID-19 caused by the corona virus because most people across the country have been vaccinated for several months.
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Edwards said Louisiana expects to receive 40,000 Pfizer vaccines next week, in addition to being exported this week. Louisiana expects to receive 80,000 doses of the second vaccine candidate from Moderna — which may receive U.S. approval later this month — within the first week of shipment to the states.
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