Minority Veterans on VA's Priority List for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
8 Dec 2020
Military.com | By Patricia Kime
High-risk Department of Veterans Affairs health workers, older veterans and minorities will be the first to be offered a COVID-19 vaccine through VA, department officials announced Tuesday.
VA will consider a patient or staff member's risk of becoming infected with the virus or likelihood of spreading the illness, along with the "risk of harm to society if essential workers are unable to work," in allocating its supply of a COVID-19 vaccine, the first of which is expected to receive emergency approval by Food and Drug Administration this week.
According to an information sheet published Tuesday on the VA's website, essential health care workers -- those in direct contact with patient care -- at VA will receive the vaccine first.
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