Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts and other state officials gave an update on the state’s COVID-19 vaccine plan during Monday morning’s news conference.
The holidays seemed to slow the state’s progress on rolling out the vaccine, but the governor said Monday that he’s confident the state will get back on track, and that the next phase of vaccinations for those ages 75 and older would begin in two to three weeks.
In December, Nebraska obtained a total of 86,470 vaccine doses in the state: 63,070 primary doses and 23,400 doses for the federal pharmacy program to vaccinate those in long-term care facilities, according to an update from Angela Ling, incident commander for the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services. The state also received a shipment of secondary Pfizer doses last week, she said.