Dear Family and Friends of South Cove Manor:
On Friday, September 24th, the CDC officially announced that “long term care residents aged 65 and over, and individuals that are 18-64 years of age who are at increased risk for COVID-19 because of occupational or institutional settings,” are eligible to receive a booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine only.
For those staff and residents that received the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine, they are NOT eligible to receive a booster dose yet, but I do anticipate that approval for those vaccines' booster dose to be forthcoming soon.
We are in the process of organizing a plan to administer the Pfizer booster doses to all residents and staff that are eligible, and that consent to receive the booster within the next three weeks. On Friday, you received an e-mail from South Cove announcing the availability of the Flu vaccine for our residents. That e-mail was sent prior to the approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 booster dose. There is also guidance from the CDC and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health that indicates that no other vaccine may be administered within 14 days (either before or after) of administering the COVID-19 vaccine. We need to take that guidance into consideration when scheduling both the flu vaccine and the COVID-19 booster. I will be in contact with all of you to outline our plan once it is complete, and our staff will be in touch with family members to discuss the booster dose and to receive consent from those family members that are legal representatives for any of our residents.
Please feel free to reach out to Li Chen, or I with any questions that you may have.
Thank you again for placing your trust in South Cove Manor.
