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Issue 1,534: December 5, 2020

Special Edition: ACIP’s Interim Recommendation on Allocating COVID-19 Vaccine

* CDC publishes “ACIP Interim Recommendation for Allocating Initial Supplies of COVID-19 Vaccine—U.S., 2020”

* NCIRD leaders Drs. Messonnier and Cohn’s webinar presentation on COVID-19 vaccination implementation is now available online

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CDC PUBLISHES “ACIP INTERIM RECOMMENDATION FOR ALLOCATING INITIAL SUPPLIES OF COVID-19 VACCINE—U.S., 2020”

CDC published The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Interim Recommendation for Allocating Initial Supplies of COVID-19 Vaccine—United States, 2020 ([link removed]) in an Early Release MMWR on December 3 ([link removed]).

As interim guidance, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends that both 1) healthcare personnel and 2) residents of long-term care facilities be offered COVID-19 vaccine in the initial phase of the vaccination program. All CDC information on current COVID-19 vaccine recommendations is available online at
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/acip-recs/vacc-specific/covid-19.html.

In conjunction with the interim ACIP recommendations, CDC published "Clinical Considerations" on a web page titled Interim Considerations for COVID-19 Vaccination of Healthcare Personnel and Long-Term Care Facility Residents ([link removed]) . This page provides information on additional topics, including sub-prioritization information of COVID-19 vaccination for healthcare personnel (HCP) and for those in long-term care facilities. It also discusses vaccination of pregnant and breastfeeding HCP and post-vaccination symptoms in HCP.

Access the MMWR article in HTML format ([link removed]) or in PDF format ([link removed]).

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NCIRD LEADERS DRS. MESSONNIER AND COHN’S WEBINAR PRESENTATION ON COVID-19 VACCINATION IMPLEMENTATION IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE

On December 3, CDC leaders Nancy Messonnier, MD, director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) and COVID-10 Vaccine Task Force; and Amanda Cohn, MD, chief medical officer, NCIRD and COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force were featured speakers on an IAC webinar titled COVID-19 Vaccination Implementation and ([link removed]) ‘Vaccinate with Confidence’ Strategy ([link removed]).

Specific topics included an overview of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution strategy, current state planning efforts, and the COVID-19 “Vaccinate with Confidence” strategy.

IAC's chief strategy officer, Dr. L.J Tan, moderated the webinar and the Q&A session that followed.

The webinar was full to capacity at 3,000 attendees. The entire webinar is now archived for viewing at www.immunize.org/webinars/cdc2 and the slides are available for download ([link removed]).

Please share the webinar link with your colleagues.


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Deborah L. Wexler, MD ([email protected])

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