Drew: Alabama’s COVID-19 vaccination roll out

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Drew: Alabama’s COVID-19 vaccination roll out

By Samuetta Drew Last week Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) announced that beginning Friday, Feb. 8, 2021 individuals ages 65 years and older will be eligible to receive the two-federal authorized COVID-19 vaccines. Also included in the expansion of COVID-19 eligible persons were an additional group of frontline workers. […]

Source: The Birmingham Times

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