Dear Family and Friends of South Cove Manor:

Good Afternoon,

Last evening, I shared the news of our 2 positive resident cases, and our activation of our COVID positive unit. Today, I am sharing news that brings hope of the beginning of the end of this pandemic.

Yesterday afternoon, the South Cove leadership team and I participated in a webinar where we given details about the intended COVID vaccine distribution plan. Yesterday, we learned that the target date for the beginning of the vaccination process is December 21^st, less than two weeks from today.

The vaccine will be administered in two doses, roughly two weeks apart. We have chosen to partner with CVS pharmacy to administer the vaccine.  Staff from CVS will be on-site to administer the vaccine to our residents and staff that choose to receive it. Prior to the administration of the first dose, a signed consent from the resident will be required. That consent form will come with additional educational materials about the vaccine’s safety and efficacy, and our staff will be available to help answer any questions that our residents or their families may have.

Over the next seven to ten days, there will be much activity related to the administration of the vaccine. Should you have any questions at all, please feel free to reach out to Li Chen, or I, and we will be able to share any and all information that we have with you.

Also, as a reminder, South Cove Manor staff cannot, and will not share any personal health information about a staff member with anyone. In addition, our staff will also not share any personal health information about a resident with anyone other than family members of that resident that are authorized to receive it. Over the past few days, our nursing staff have received several calls from family members asking to know what staff members have tested positive. While I understand the concern that all of you must be feeling right now, that is information that we simply can not share. Our nursing staff have been directed to forward any such calls requesting that information to either Li Chen, or I.

Thank you again for placing your trust in South Cove Manor.

親愛的中華頤養院家人和朋友:

下午好，

昨天下午，我和中華頤養院領導小組參加了一個網絡研討會，其中詳細介紹了預期的COVID疫苗分配計劃。昨天，我們了解到開始疫苗接種過程的目標日期是12月21日，距離今天還不到兩週。

另外，提醒一下，中華頤養院員工不能也不會與任何人分享有關該員工的任何個人健康信息。此外，我們的員工也不會與有權接收院民的家庭成員以外的任何人分享有關該院民的任何個人健康信息。在過去的幾天中，我們的護理人員接到了家人的幾個電話，詢問他們哪些測試結果呈陽性。儘管我了解到所有人現在都必須感到關切，但那是我們無法分享的信息。我們的護理人員已被指示將任何此類請求該信息的電話轉發給李力或我。

再次感謝您對中華頤養院的信任。

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