CDC Panel Recommends Healthcare Workers, Long-Term Care Residents and Staff Be First to Get COVID-19 Vaccine
12/02/2020
A key federal panel has recommended healthcare workers as well as residents and staff in long-term care facilities get the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines, according to a FierceHealthcare report.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted Tuesday to approve recommendations on the initial allocation of a COVID-19 vaccine that could be approved in the next few weeks. The recommendations will aid states that are going to be tasked with distributing their first batches of the doses.