Scarce pandemic vaccine to be given in order [View All]

Source: USA TODAY



Scarce pandemic vaccine to be given in order
Updated 58m ago

FIRST IN LINE

Vaccine prioritization for some groups changes according to the severity of a pandemic, but in all scenarios, those who get the first doses under a draft federal plan are:

• 700,000 deployed and critical military personnel

• 6.3 million public health, hospital, outpatient, home health and long-term care workers

• 2.1 million emergency medical services, police and firefighters, vaccine and antiviral manufacturers, key government leaders

• 13.4 million pregnant women and babies 6 to 35 months old



By Anita Manning, USA TODAY
In the early weeks of a flu pandemic, the first to receive scarce supplies of vaccine will include the military, medical and emergency workers, pregnant women and babies — nearly 23 million people — under a draft federal plan to be outlined Tuesday in Washington.

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