Parts of Nebraska to begin Phase 1B of vaccines next week
Are you in Phase 1B of vaccination? Read below to find out
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN)- Nebraska’s Department of Health and Human Services says most of Nebraska should see Phase 1B vaccination begin next week. Douglas and Lancaster County begin Phase 1B in early February.
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Last week, DHHS announced that Phase 1B priority groups will expand to include those who are 65 and older and those who are at high-risk for contracting COVID-19.
The CDC listed these as high-risk conditions:
- Cancer
- Chronic kidney disease
- Down Syndrome
- COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
- Heart conditions
- Obesity
- Pregnancy
- Smoking
- Sickle cell disease
- Type 2 diabetes
and these conditions as “might be at an increased risk”:
- Asthma
- Cerebrovascular disease
- Cystic fibrosis
- Hypertension or high blood pressure
- Immunocompromised state from blood or bone marrow transplant, immune deficiencies, HIV, use of corticosteroids, or use of other immune weakening medicines
- Neurologic conditions, like dementia
- Liver disease
- Overweight
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Thalassemia
- Type 1 diabetes
On January 20, the Nebraska health department launched a vaccine registration site and reported that 100 people every second were trying to register by 8:30 in the morning.
Click here to go to the website.
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