Front-line workers and people 75 and older should be next in line for the COVID-19 vaccine, a panel of medical experts advised the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday.
The federal advisory committee on immunization practices voted in favor of the recommendation, which will go to the CDC director for final approval.
The group of essential workers next in line for the vaccine includes 30 million people, such as firefighters, police officers, teachers and supermarket employees, as well as correctional officers and workers in the food and agriculture sectors, manufacturing, the U.S. Postal Service and the United States. public transport.
The committee also voted that the following, behind those groups, should be: other key workers; people aged 65 to 74 and people between 16 and 64 with certain medical conditions that put them at high risk of serious illness if they become infected with the corona virus.
About 556,000 Americans have been vaccinated since the country’s vaccination efforts began last week, the CDC said.
The shots – from Pfizer / BioNTech – first went to health workers and nursing home residents based on the advice of the same advisory panel. A Moderna vaccine was approved Friday and shipped Sunday.
However, despite what the CDC recommends, there will be differences in how each state administers the vaccine, as different local health departments may have different ideas about who should be at the front of the line.
In New York, the first wave of vaccines began last week to health workers, and nursing home residents were expected to receive the shots on Monday.
First responders, teachers and other essential frontline workers who are in regular contact with the public are part of New York’s Phase 2, according to a draft state vaccine management plan released in October.
The following are those over the age of 65 and those at high risk for serious illness. All other essential workers are in Stage 4, while all others are downgraded to Stage 5.
The first Moderna vaccines are expected to be delivered on Monday.
Nearly 8 million total doses of anti-coronavirus will be delivered Monday, about 5.9 million from Moderna and 2 million from Pfizer’s vaccine, said Dr. Moncef Slaoui, chief adviser of the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed initiative on CNNs. State of the Union ‘. . “
Both vaccines require two doses several weeks apart. The second dose must be from the same company as the first.
With Post Wires