A panel of experts advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that these be the populations that will be given priority in vaccination.
Starting order of vaccinations:
An independent panel of experts advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that medical staff and the elderly in sheltered housing and nursing homes be the first to receive the coveted vaccine for the corona virus.
Modernity vaccine development // Archive photo: Reuters
The panel of experts made the decision by a majority of 13 out of 14. However, the recommendations must be approved by the CDC's director, Dr. Robert Redfield, before the vaccine can be distributed to the population. The number of isolation days required for those who come to science with a verified patient.The updated guidelines will allow the isolation to be completed after ten days.If there is a negative test result, it will be possible to complete the isolation within a week.
And back to the vaccine: Its distribution depends largely on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which has not yet issued an emergency permit for Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
Both companies have developed a vaccine against the virus that has been shown to be 95% effective in clinical trials.
After FDA approval, the populations that receive priority will be the first to be vaccinated.
Today, the United States has about 21 million medical staff and about three million residents in nursing homes and sheltered housing.
"More than 240,000 health workers fell ill in Corona and 858 died. It is estimated that deaths in nursing homes account for 40 per cent of all deaths from the virus. "Elderly people living in nursing homes," the CDC said.
