CT National Guard delivers 1,000 vaccines to UConn Health

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    FARMINGTON, Connecticut (WFSB) — The Connecticut Nationwide Guard helped ship 1,000 vaccines to UConn Well being in Farmington on Tuesday.

The snow nor the shortages stopped the Nationwide Guard from with the ability to ship the vaccines.

The doses had been delivered from one other state location with extra ample vaccine provide.

Because of the arrival of extra vaccines, UConn Well being is working to reschedule and vaccinate sufferers whose appointments between Feb. 1 and eight had been impacted as a result of provide fluctuations.

“Our objective is to share these 975 first doses at present and tomorrow with our sufferers,” says Anne Horbatuck, VP of Ambulatory Providers at UConn Well being. “We’re transferring down the checklist of canceled sufferers beginning with at present’s and transferring ahead to reschedule them as shortly as doable.”

Lots of of sufferers had been in a position to be rescheduled on Tuesday and a whole lot extra will have the ability to be vaccinated on Wednesday.

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