Appointments to receive Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine are available from the occupational medicine contractor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state, where eight workers have since Saturday tested positive for the disease.
The latest four positive tests at Hanford were reported Tuesday, according to a DOE website run by Hanford’s Leidos-led landlord contractor. Only two such confirmed cases were reported on the same website for the week ended April 2.
Meanwhile, a Monday memo posted online for Hanford workers said HPMC Occupational Medical Services has appointments available for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. “The vaccine is being offered to eligible Hanford workers who have not already received the first dose from another source,” according to the notice.
If any extra vaccine is available, HPMC will call those on standby to report to the clinic within 30 minutes, according to the memo. Hanford Site employees were urged to share the news with their non-online coworkers.
Until lately, on-site vaccinations at Hanford have been limited largely to fire fighters and other first-responders. But this could change rapidly as vaccine makers are reportedly ramping up production and the administration of President Joe Biden and most states are revising their criteria to make most adults eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine by the end of the month.
