LONGVIEW, Texas — Longview's two main hospitals each received a delivery of the new COVID-19 vaccine Thursday morning.
Deliveries arrived at Longview Regional Medical Center and at CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center-Longview between 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. at each hospital.
The two hospitals each plan to begin administering vaccines to their staffs this afternoon. The vaccinations will be performed on a voluntary basis to staff members who elect to receive one.
"Prevention is key since there is no cure for COVID-19," Longview Regional Medical Center Marketing Director Libby Bryson said earlier this month. "Vaccination is an important step in helping to prevent this illness and its potentially devastating consequences."
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