Camp Pendleton’s Naval Hospital will be one of two California military locations to get doses of the coronavirus vaccine in coming days.
This week, the Pentagon announced 13 sites nationwide and 16 globally that will receive a shipment of the Pfizer vaccine from the initial 44,000 doses expected next week. The Pentagon is working with the Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
Locations were selected based on having a sizable population of priority personnel and equipment to properly store the vaccine at the required temperature.
“Our deliberate and phased approach to distribute and administer this first allotment and future allocations of the COVID-19 vaccine will focus on vaccinating priority populations quickly and safely, while simultaneously refining the intricate planning for the delivery of larger volumes of the vaccine in future waves,” Assistant Secretary of Defense Thomas McCaffery said during a press conference on Wednesday. Dec. 9.
As in civilian hospitals, priority will be given to health care providers and support personnel, residents and staff of long-term care facilities, other essential workers and those with higher risks.
Service members engaged in essential national security and installation functions, deploying forces and military beneficiaries at high-risk of developing severe illness from COVID-19 also will receive vaccines before other members of the services, Pentagon officials said.
“We expect to have shots in arms of DOD personnel within 20 to 48 hours from the time the advisory committee issues its final recommendation,” McCaffery said.
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