CDC votes to give first Covid-19 vaccine to health care workers, long-term care facility residents, once FDA authorizes vaccine

Xeni Jardin

3:14 pm Tue, Dec 1, 2020

NEWS: The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has voted to give the first Covid-19 vaccine to health care personnel and residents of long-term health care facilities once a vaccine is authorized by the FDA.

CDC panel voted 13-1 in favor of the decision.

Before COVID-19 vaccines are authorized, a CDC advisory committee recommended healthcare personnel and long-term care facility residents should receive #COVID19 vaccination first, while supplies are limited. Learn more about COVID-19 vaccines: https://t.co/mUsXpasZ4S. pic.twitter.com/tWdHiKqSbh
— CDC (@CDCgov) December 1, 2020

Breaking News: Long-term care residents and at-risk health care workers should be the first people in the U.S. to get coronavirus vaccines, a panel of experts advising the CDC said. https://t.co/Xn59qjzyBK
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 1, 2020