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VA home residents to receive COVID-19 vaccinations

Photo by Hans Pennink of The Associated Press / Nurse Kathe Olmstead prepares a shot as the world's biggest study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., gets underway on July 27, 2020, in Binghamton, New York.
Photo by Hans Pennink of The Associated Press / Nurse Kathe Olmstead prepares a shot as the world's biggest study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., gets underway on July 27, 2020, in Binghamton, New York. Photo by Hans Pennink of The Associated Press / Nurse Kathe Olmstead prepares a shot as the world's biggest study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., gets underway on July 27, 2020, in Binghamton, New York.

By Associated Press 2 min read

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Residents at Alabama’s four state veterans homes will receive COVID-19 vaccinations beginning Tuesday.

The arrival of the vaccine is a bright spot amid a record-setting surge in COVID-19 cases. Alabama ranked sixth in the United States for the most new cases per capita in the past 14 days

Alabama’s vaccine plan has prioritized frontline medical workers and residents and employees of long-term care facilities for the first allotments of the vaccine. Health care workers began receiving vaccinations last week. State Health Officer Scott Harris said last week that vaccinations were to be begin at long-term care facilities this week under a partnership with pharmacies.

A record 2,800 people were in state hospitals Monday with COVID-19, roughly 1,200 more than were hospitalized in mid-summer.

The Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs said in a news release that the first immunizations of the Pfizer vaccine will be administered to residents and staff at the Bill Nichols State Veterans Home in Alexander City on Tuesday. Vaccinations will continue over the next two-weeks at the other three homes.