Officials say these Nebraskans will be first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine
Updated: 11:40 AM CDT Oct 26, 2020
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also want to express my condolences for Senator Kearns, who passed away this weekend from cancer in Boston and when, uh, expected my condolences to his family. And remember what a great public servant he was here for the state of Nebraska, a za always wanna remind people that continue to practice our good social distancing guidelines. Keep that 6 ft distance between you and other people where I’m asking to go to the store, wash your hands often and then also our three CS we’ve got avoid the confined spaces, crowded places and close contact. Virus spreads from one person to another, so that’s a great opportunity if you can avoid those to be able to make sure that we’re slowing the spread of virus. Of course, that’s all about preserving our hospital capacity here in the state of Nebraska. Even with our increasing number of hospitalizations, we do have robust hospital capacity. We’ve got 34% of our hospital beds are available, 35% of our I C U beds are available, and 75% of our ventilators are available. And then, of course, another way that people can helps prevent the spread. The virus is by getting tested. Everybody’s eligible through test Nebraska dot com. We’ve delivered over 350,000 tests since October 13th. We’ve been able to turn around those tests in 48 hours or less. Think the last seven days the average has been about 30 hours, or about a day and a half, a little bit less than a day and a half. So anyway, great opportunity there for people to go get tested. You’re gonna go see your grandparent’s. You go get tested, make sure that you know I have the virus. And so today we have oh, and then the Cures Act program. So we announced on October 19th are additional programs for recovery from The Cares Act. The small business stabilization grants were on a first come, first served basis, and those have been over subscribe, so that grant in particular, has been closed. If you go to coronavirus dot Nebraska dot gov slash grants and programs, that’s where you can apply for the grant, and you could monitor the the status of the other grant programs. Uh, livestock is available, for example, and we are We still have the grant programs that are available for hotels, convention centers and ethanol plants and so forth. But I encourage people to apply sooner rather than later, as this status of those again they allocation for those may get oversubscribed as well. Then those will be close. So please continue to monitor that and apply if you are eligible. So we’ve got a number of speakers. They’re gonna be with us here today. We’ve got Angie Lingers or Incident Commander for the Department of Health and Human Services Matt Bloom Stead, who is the commissioner for our Department of Education. And then Allyson Bower, who is the president of Brass Academy of Physicians Assistance. Talking to us about various topics here today, we’re gonna start with our vaccination plan for the state of Nebraska. So the federal government has asked us to put together a vaccination plan and have that submitted to them by October 16th. We were we met the deadline got vaccination plan in there. It’s available on the department health human services website, and Angelina are incident. Commander is gonna talk a little bit through what that vaccination plan includes and bring people up to date on that. So, Angie, I’m gonna go ahead and ask you to come up and talk to us about that. Thank you, Governor. As we know, Vaccine will play a critical role in protecting Nebraskans against Kobe 19 as well as slowing the spread of the virus. Department of Health and Human Services, local health departments and other partners are planning for the arrival of Kobe 19 vaccine in Nebraska. Part of that planning includes ensuring is inefficient distribution network for the vaccine. So as soon as the first doses arrive, they can get quickly into the arms of Nebraskans. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a Covina 19 vaccination program, Interim Playbook and mid September to assist the states with their planning in all states are were required to submit a vaccination plan to the C. D. C. Nebraska’s plan outlines a phased approach for distribution and dispensing of Kobe 19 vaccine. During much of Phase one, the vaccine will be distributed. Using Nebraskans is Nebraska’s existing Vaccines for Children provider network, which includes health care providers, local health departments, federally qualified health centers, community based clinics, tribal healthcare and hospitals. We expect that vaccine supply will be limited early on. An initial doses will go to healthcare personnel and critical populations. We have broken phase one into two parts, anticipating different levels of vaccine availability. Phase one A includes healthcare personnel and hospitals, emergency rooms, long term care staff, urgent care and primary care access points. Phase one B includes residents of long term care facilities, people 65 years and older. People with certain underlying medical conditions. Essential critical infrastructure workers, which can vary by local jurisdiction and vulnerable populations and congregate populations. As supply increases, more people will be able to receive vaccine, and more providers will have access to order and administer the products. Despite the many unknowns that still remain in planning for vaccine distribution, DHHS has worked to ensure that inclusion, transparency and a sound evidence base are the foundation of our plan. The plan is a living document that will be revised as new information is available. I went to take a moment to recognize and thank The team leads Sarah Morgan and Jerry Wiberg, Bryce and our many planning partners, including the local health departments, tribal health and F Q hcs. We haven’t received notification of unexpected arrival date for vaccine, but when we do our goal is to ensure fair and equitable access and distribute the vaccine in a way that provides the most protection. Burn Nebraskans as quickly as possible. You can find the Kobe 19 vaccination plan on the DHHS coronavirus website at DHHS dot n e dot gov slash coronavirus. Thanks.
Officials say these Nebraskans will be first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine
Updated: 11:40 AM CDT Oct 26, 2020
On Monday, Gov. Pete Ricketts held a news conference to provide updates on Nebraska’s work to slow the spread of coronavirus. Ricketts was joined by representatives from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to discuss Nebraska’s plan to administer coronavirus vaccinations once a vaccine becomes available. The governor began by acknowledging the state’s hospital capacity.”We’ve got 34% of our hospital beds are available, 35% of our ICU beds are available and 75% of our ventilators are available,” he said. Health officials say Nebraska’s distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine will be in phases. “During much of phase one, the vaccine will be distributed using Nebraska’s existing Vaccines for Children provider network which includes health care providers, local health departments, federally qualified health centers, community-based clinics, tribal health care and hospitals. We expect that vaccine supply will be limited early on and initial doses will go to health care personnel in critical populations,” Angie Ling, Department of Health and Human Services incident commander said.In Phase 1, the assumption is that there will be a limited number of vaccines available.In the first phase, Phase 1A, the priority will be healthcare personnel, hospitals, emergency rooms, long-term care staff, urgent care and primary care access points. Phase 1B includes residents of long-term care facilities, people 65 years and older people with certain underlying medical conditions, essential critical infrastructure workers, which can vary by local jurisdiction, and vulnerable populations and congregate populations.”As supply increases more people will be able to receive the vaccine and more providers will have access to order and administer the products. Despite the many unknowns that still remain in planning for vaccine distribution DHHS has worked to ensure that inclusion transparency and a sound evidence base are the foundation of our plan,” Ling said. “We haven’t received notification of an expected arrival date for vaccine. But when we do our goal is to ensure fair and equitable access and distribute the vaccine in a way that provides the most protection for Nebraskans as quickly as possible.” Once a large number of vaccine doses available, we move into Phase 2.NDHHS and local health departments will adjust to an increase in COVID-19 vaccine supply and expand provider networks to get the vaccine to a wider population. Health officials plan to partner with pharmacies, doctor’s offices, Urgent Care clinics to distribute the vaccine. The full vaccine plan can be found hereRicketts said states don’t expect to receive a vaccine until the end of the year or early next year.
On Monday, Gov. Pete Ricketts held a news conference to provide updates on Nebraska’s work to slow the spread of coronavirus.
Ricketts was joined by representatives from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to discuss Nebraska’s plan to administer coronavirus vaccinations once a vaccine becomes available.
The governor began by acknowledging the state’s hospital capacity.
“We’ve got 34% of our hospital beds are available, 35% of our ICU beds are available and 75% of our ventilators are available,” he said.
Health officials say Nebraska’s distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine will be in phases.
“During much of phase one, the vaccine will be distributed using Nebraska’s existing Vaccines for Children provider network which includes health care providers, local health departments, federally qualified health centers, community-based clinics, tribal health care and hospitals. We expect that vaccine supply will be limited early on and initial doses will go to health care personnel in critical populations,” Angie Ling, Department of Health and Human Services incident commander said.
In Phase 1, the assumption is that there will be a limited number of vaccines available.
In the first phase, Phase 1A, the priority will be healthcare personnel, hospitals, emergency rooms, long-term care staff, urgent care and primary care access points.
Phase 1B includes residents of long-term care facilities, people 65 years and older people with certain underlying medical conditions, essential critical infrastructure workers, which can vary by local jurisdiction, and vulnerable populations and congregate populations.
“As supply increases more people will be able to receive the vaccine and more providers will have access to order and administer the products. Despite the many unknowns that still remain in planning for vaccine distribution DHHS has worked to ensure that inclusion transparency and a sound evidence base are the foundation of our plan,” Ling said. “We haven’t received notification of an expected arrival date for vaccine. But when we do our goal is to ensure fair and equitable access and distribute the vaccine in a way that provides the most protection for Nebraskans as quickly as possible.”
Once a large number of vaccine doses available, we move into Phase 2.
NDHHS and local health departments will adjust to an increase in COVID-19 vaccine supply and expand provider networks to get the vaccine to a wider population. Health officials plan to partner with pharmacies, doctor’s offices, Urgent Care clinics to distribute the vaccine.
The full vaccine plan can be found here
Ricketts said states don’t expect to receive a vaccine until the end of the year or early next year.