April 5th All Tennesseans Eligible For COVID Vaccine
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 8:02 am
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee Monday announced all Tennessee adults will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination no later than April 5. Tennesseans aged 55 and older and those in Phase 2 of the state's COVID-19 Vaccination Plan are eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations effective Mar. 18. Governor Lee shared the announcement in a video this morning: https://www.facebook.com/GovBillLee/videos/753448335309638. By April 5, all Tennesseans age 16 and over will become eligible for COVID-19 vaccination. Eligibility for those in Phase 3 of the state's COVID-19 Vaccination Plan will run concurrently with age-based eligibility. Phase 3 includes residents and staff members of congregate living facilities including college dormitories, group homes and shelters and those in the corrections system. Phase 3 also includes grocery store workers who were not eligible for vaccination based on previous age or risk-based categories. To help ensure vaccines are available to these populations, direct allocations of vaccines will be made to these facilities. Tennessee continues to see increasing supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, which allows the state to rapidly accelerate eligibility to receive the vaccination. TDH requests every dose of COVID-19 vaccine made available to the state: • 2.9 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been delivered to Tennessee providers to date "As we've promised, we're able to expand our COVID-19 vaccine eligibility as vaccine supplies have increased and we've made substantial progress in protecting those most at risk of serious illness and death from COVID-19," said Tennessee Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey, MD, MBA, FAAP. "Tennessee will now open COVID-19 vaccination to all eligible adults well ahead of the federal goal of May 1." Expanding COVID-19 Vaccination Eligibility
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