Underfunded health departments say they lack the staff, money and tools to distribute, administer and track doses of COVID-19 vaccine for millions of people.
The CDC will require vaccinators to provide “and reporting” for immunizations, so that the agency knows where every dose of COVID-19 vaccine is “at any point in time,” Moore said.
The CDC is developing an app for health departments whose data systems don’t meet standards for COVID-19 response, said, executive director of the Assn. of Immunization Managers, a nonprofit based in Rockville, Md. “Those standards haven’t been released,” she said, “so health departments are waiting to invest in necessary IT enhancements.”
When vaccines are ready, health departments will need more staffers to identify people at high risk for COVID-19, who should get the vaccine first, Moore said. Public health staff also will be needed to educate the public about the importance of vaccines, as well as to administer shots, monitor patients and report serious side effects.“It’s probably going to be even worse than the problems with testing and PPE,” he said.
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