A meeting to take public comments about phase 1B – which includes those aged 75 and older and front-line essential workers – of Alaska’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution will be held online this afternoon, Dec. 28. The Alaska Vaccine Allocation Advisory Committee will use these comments, along with recommendations from CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, […]
ANCHORAGE – The second COVID-19 vaccine authorized for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) arrived in Alaska on Monday. Distribution and administration of this vaccine, made by Moderna, will occur this week in Alaska alongside the continued roll-out of the Pfizer vaccine which started last Monday. As of Sunday, 5,674 doses […]
“We have millions more doses sitting in our warehouse but, as of now, we have not received any shipment instructions for additional doses,” Pfizer said. Officials from more than a dozen states say the Trump administration has informed them that next week’s Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine allotments to their jurisdictions are being substantially reduced, prompting confusion […]
ANCHORAGE – Alaska received its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine Sunday night via UPS plane. Delivery and transport of the vaccine to health care facilities across Alaska began Monday and will continue through Wednesday, leading to the first vaccinations of Alaskans this week. “The COVID-19 vaccine is going to help Alaskans put the worst behind […]