Health Care Personnel, Long-Term Care Residents Should Get COVID-19 Vaccine First, ACIP Votes
Executive Summary
CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices votes 13-1 that these two groups be first in line for vaccination once FDA authorizes a vaccine and ACIP recommends it. Goal of vote is to guide health departments in placing vaccine orders.
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