TriCounty Health Department (TCHD) announced Tuesday the first shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine (400 doses) to the health district on December 23rd, 2020 and will begin vaccinating critical TriCounty Health Department staff in preparation of the first wave of vaccinations. TriCounty Health will begin vaccination based on phases outlined in the Utah COVID-19 vaccination Plan. Each phase is composed of different waves. TriCounty Health will be administering non-hospital healthcare workers on Monday, December 28th, 2020, TriCounty Health is currently making appointments and scheduling priority groups for the first wave. The first priority group in the first phase of vaccinating the public will be those administering vaccines (TCHD nurses), non-hospital healthcare staff, long-term care facilities, and EMS. Educators are in wave two of the first phase of vaccination distribution but we will not be offered vaccines until all non-hospital healthcare workers across the state are allowed the opportunity to be vaccinated. The second phase of the vaccination process will be shelters, workers at risk, at risk ethnic groups, people living in congregate living facilities. Stay up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccinations on tricountyhealth.com or coronavirus.utah.gov,
