The First Shipment Of The COVID-19 Vaccine Has Arrived In Tennessee. The State Obtained 975 Doses Of The Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine. These Doses Will Be Held As Emergency Backup Supply In Case Other Shipments Become Damaged. Tennessee Is Expected To Receive Over 55 Thousand Doses Of The Vaccine This Week. And By Thursday They Will Be Delivered To 28 Sites Covering 74 Tennessee Hospitals. In Three Weeks The State Will Receive Another 55 Thousand Doses. The Vaccines Will Be Administered To Health Care Worker With Direct Patient Exposure, Home Care Staff, And Others In The Phase 1a1 Group.
