Dignity Health holds vaccination dry run ahead of COVID-19 vaccine dose arrival to Arizona The state is expected to get over 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine through the end of December./Screengrab Fox 1
By Matt Galka , Bailey Miller , Irene Snyder and Jennifer Martinez | FOX 10
Health officials and others in Arizona are gearing up for a lot of work ahead, as the country prepares for the start of what will be a massive vaccination campaign against COVID-19, especially after a vaccine by Pfizer was granted emergency use authorization by the FDA on Dec. 11.
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Health officials and others in Arizona are gearing up for a lot of work ahead, as the country prepares for the start of what will be a massive vaccination campaign against COVID-19, especially after a vaccine by Pfizer was granted emergency use authorization by the FDA on Dec. 11.
1. When will the vaccines start to arrive?
On Dec 9, officials with the Arizona Governor’s Office say the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in the state on the week of Dec. 13. In all, the state is expected to receive 383,750 COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of December, and in the first week, vaccine doses will be distributed to Maricopa and Pima counties.
“Maricopa will receive approximately 47,000 doses and Pima will receive approximately 11,000 doses, totaling approximately 58,000 doses,” read a portion of a statement released by officials with the Governor’s Office.
“Moving forward, we expect weekly allocations in order to continue vaccinating more and more people each week,” said Dr. Cara Christ with the Arizona Department of Health Services on Dec. 11.
On Dec. 12, FOX 10 has learned that the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine are slated to be shipped out on Monday, Dec. 14.
The rest of the state will get allotments of doses in the weeks after, following a system based on needs and population.
