12/21/2020
Update from the Ohio Vaccine Preparedness Office
We want to share the Ohio Department of Health's Weekly Update from the Ohio Vaccine Preparedness Office. Get the latest on the pandemic vaccine news, resources and talking points.
Ohio is prepared to distribute safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines statewide. We have two clear goals: To save lives and slow the spread of the virus.
- The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is packaged with five doses per vial. However, vaccine administrators have reported extra doses in those vials, and have questioned if they are useable. The FDA is advising that it is acceptable to use every full dose obtainable (the sixth, or possibly even a seventh) from each vial, pending further study. The amount remaining in the vials after removal of five doses can vary depending on the type of needles and syringes used, according to Pfizer. Any further remaining liquid that does not constitute a full dose should not be pooled from multiple vials to create one dose.
- Moderna vaccines arriving Dec. 21 - 23 - The FDA has issued emergency use authorization of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has recommended that the vaccine be used in people 18 years of age and older.
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