Huntsville Hospital leader discusses coronavirus vaccine eligibility expansion

Huntsville Hospital leader discusses coronavirus vaccine eligibility expansion

This afternoon -- i'm dan shaffer.

And i'm najahe sherman.

Alabama will expand covid-19 vaccinations to more people in just a few days.

The expansion covers people 55 and older, people 16 and older with high-risk medical conditions, and essential workers not previosuly elgibile such as food service workers.

Waay 31's bridget divers joins us live outside huntsville hospital.

She spoke with a hospital leader about the expansion.

Bridget.... dan, najahe -- huntsville hospital senior vice-president of operations tracy doughty said today that the hospital is prepared for the vaccine elligbility expansion.

He says they have already updated their website to accomodate the new elgibility groups by adding in the new categories.

On the website they have different categories to choose from like "essential worker 1b and 1c" or "high risk."

All the categories represent the different groups that are currently elligible or will be elligible on monday.

"so, it helps us kind of keep track of who's kind of applying to get the vaccine.

It also allows us to do our best to spread evenly across those buckets our 500 new doses per day."

Now around 45 to 50 thousand people are currently on the vaccine waitlist for john hunt park.

Doughty says though some of those people have already gotten their vaccine elsewhere.

Live outside huntsville hospital, bridget divers, waay-31 news.