Dear Family and Friends of South Cove Manor:
I am writing today to provide you with updated information related to COVID-19 vaccination booster doses, as well as information related to Influenza (FLU) vaccine administration.
On Monday, October 18, 2021, South Cove Manor, in conjunction with Tai Tung Pharmacy, will administer booster doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to our residents. Only those residents that are fully vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine, and have consented to receive the booster dose will receive it. This process will begin at 10 AM on Monday and should be completed by 2 PM. Although we are not anticipating any, we have plans in place to monitor all residents for any potential side effects.
On Tuesday, October 19, 2021, this process will be repeated for our staff that is fully vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine, and have consented to receive the booster dose.
Previously, the CDC had recommended that those receiving any COVID-19 vaccine should not receive any other vaccine within 14 days. That recommendation has since been rescinded, and the CDC now supports the administration of additional vaccines, regardless of the timing. As a result, we will begin administering Flu vaccines to residents that have consented to receive them this week.
I also wanted to inform all of you that we continue with our weekly surveillance testing protocol for all staff. We continue to see 100% negative results in our staff members. With this being a regularly scheduled event, I don’t want to fill your inbox with unnecessary communications, so going forward, I will only be reporting those weekly results to you if we do identify a new positive case.
As always, please feel free to reach out to Li Chen, or me with any questions that you may have.
Thank you again for placing your trust in South Cove Manor.
