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CDC Panel Prioritizes Long-Term Care Residents and Workers for COVID-19 Vaccine

December 02, 2020

The immunization advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) affirmed that long-term care residents and healthcare workers will be given first access to a COVID-19 vaccine once authorized by the federal government.  Per the panel's definition, residents of long-term care facilities includes skilled nursing, assisted living  and other resident care facilities.

For more information, read the article in McKnight's.

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