On Thursday, CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield thanked the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for all of their work in crafting the COVID-19 vaccine recommendations as interim guidance that both 1) health care personnel and 2) residents of long-term care facilities be offered COVID-19 vaccine in the initial phase of the vaccination program.

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Dr. Redfield supports their recommendations and has signed the memo and accepted these interim recommendations.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Interim Recommendation for Allocating Initial Supplies of COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, 2020