Essential front-line workers and people over the age of 75 should be next to the COVID-19 vaccine, a group of medical experts who advised the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Sunday.
The Federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted in favor of the recommendation, which will be addressed to the CDC director for final approval.
The group of essential vaccine workers includes 30 million people, including firefighters, police officers, teachers and grocery store employees, as well as correctional officers and workers in food and agriculture, manufacturing, U.S. postal service, and public transport.
The committee also voted that then, behind these groups, there would be: other essential workers; people between the ages of 65 and 74 and people between the ages of 16 and 64 who have certain medical conditions that put them at risk for serious illness if they become infected with the coronavirus.
About 556,000 Americans have been vaccinated since the country’s vaccination efforts began last week, the CDC said.
The shootings, from Pfizer / BioNTech, were first for health care workers and nursing home residents as advised by the same advisory panel. A Moderna vaccine was approved on Friday and shipping began on Sunday.
However, despite what the CDC recommends, there will be differences in how each state administers the vaccine, as several local health departments may have different ideas about who should be at the helm of the line.
In New York, the first wave of vaccines began targeting health workers last week, and residents of nursing homes began receiving shots Monday.
According to a draft of the state’s vaccine management plan released in October, first aid, teachers and other essential workers who regularly interact with the public are part of Phase 2 of New York.
The next will be those over 65 and people at high risk of serious illness. The rest of the essential workers will be in phase 4 and all the others will be relegated to phase 5.
The first Modern vaccines are expected to be administered on Monday.
About 8 million global coronavirus doses, about 5.9 million Modern and 2 million Pfizer vaccines will be delivered on Monday, said Dr. Moncef Slaoui, chief adviser to the Operation Warp Speed initiative. Trump administration in the state of the union of CNN. “.
Both vaccines require two separate doses several weeks. The second dose should be from the same company as the first.
With mail cables