Once a coronavirus vaccine is approved and available in Delaware, there won't be enough for everyone in the state to get it at once.
In fact, the amount will be pretty limited at the start, said Dr. Karyl Rattay, director of the Delaware Division of Public Health, during Gov. John Carney's weekly coronavirus press briefing Tuesday.
Health care workers and other first responders will get first dibs. High-risk populations, including people over 65 and residents in long-term care facilities, will also be first in line.
"It's always important that you vaccinate your front-line health care workers and first responders as early as you can because we have to keep them safe and functioning," Rattay said. It's not clear exactly when a vaccine will become available in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a document earlier this month that said the vaccine might be available by early November but significantly more may be available for distribution starting in January 2021.