POLICE BELUEVE IT WAS TARGETED.
SL 12 NEWS.
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THE F-D-A IS EXPECTED TO APPROVE
PFIZER'S CORONAVIRUS VACCINE FOR
EMERGENCY USE.
THAT APPROVAL COULD COME ANY
MOMENT NOW.
THIS -- AFTER AN ADVISORY PANEL
VOTED TO ENDORSE THE DRUG
YESTERDAY.
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THE PANEL CONCLUDING YESTERDAY--
THAT THE VACCINE IS SAFE AND
EFFECTIVE FOR EMERGENCY USE FOR
THOSE 16 AND OLDER-- EVEN WITH
RECENT CONCERNS ABOUT ALLERGIC
REACTIONS IN TWO U-K HEALTHCARE
WORKERS.
ONCE THE F-D-A GIVES FINAL
APPROVAL - RHODE ISLAND SAYS
DOSES COULD BE HERE WITHIN DAYS.
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THIS--
AS THE COVID PICTURE HERE IN THE
STATE REMAINS BLEAK.
RHODE ISLAND'S DEATH TOLL---
HAS NOW TOPPED 15 HUNDRED--
WITH 11 NEW DEATHS REPORTED
TODAY
MORE THAN 12 HUNDRED NEW CASES
WERE REPORTED
AND 466 COVID PATIENTS ARE IN
THE HOSPITAL
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AS THE COUNTRY WAITS FOR AN
UPDATE FROM THE F-D-A.
RHODE ISLAND IS BUSY GETTING
READY TO RECEIVE IT.
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DOCTORS AT RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL
TWEETING OUT THEY HAVE ALREADY
BEEN SCHEDULED TO GET THE
VACCINE.
FRONT-LINE WORKERS AND FIRST
RESPONDERS SET TO BE THE FIRST
TO GET IT.
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12 NEWS REPORTER BRANDON TRUITT
IS LIVE IN PROVIDENCE.
BRANDON -- YOU'RE LEARNING MORE
ABOUT HOW THE VACCINES WILL BE
BROUGHT IN.
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THE STATE SAYS THEY WILL BE
DRIVEN-IN ON FED-EX AND UPS
TRUCKS.
FIRST STOP -- HOSPITALS.
AND TONIGHT --- THE STATE SAYS
IT'S READY.
"we are simply waiting to get
the vaccine, and when we do the
state will be ready to start."
IT'S GO-TIME.
THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARMENT OF
HEALTH SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN
PLANNING FOR THIS MOMENT -- FOR
MONTHS.
"we have all of our supply lines
and chains and logistics ready
to go."
THE STATE GIVING NEW DETAILS ON
HOW VACCINES WILL BE DELIVERED.
MUCH LIKE YOUR LATEST ONLINE
SHOPPING ORDER -- FED-EX AND UPS
-- WILL BE CARRYING THE PRECIOUS
CARGO.
BUT IN SPECIAL CONTAINERS.
"we're focusing on everything."
DOCTOR KERRY LAPLANTE OF URI'S
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY -- SERVES ON
THE STATE'S VACCINE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.
SAYING THEY HAVE BEEN PLANNING
FOR IT ALL.
"we are focusing on safety,
efficacy results as they come
prioritizing distribution
between phase 1A to phase 1B."
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS
THEY'LL GET 10-THOUSAND INITIAL
DOSES FROM PFIZER.
THAT SAME AMOUNT A WEEK LATER.
THE STATE IS NOT ADMINISTERING
THE VACCINE -- NOR ARE THEY
STORING IT IN THEIR FACILITIES.
IT'S GOING STRAIGHT TO THE
HOSPITALS AND PHARMICIES --
GIVING IT OUT.
"you know it hasn't skipped any
steps."
NOW DOCTORS ARE WORKING TO BUILD
THE PUBLICS TRUST.
SAYING A VACCINE IS ONLY AS
EFFECTIVE AS THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO GET IT.
"I am at a hospital practice
site and when offered to me I
will receive it. I feel I have a
sense of duty to do it. I trust
in the safety. I trust in the
process."
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THE STATE SAYS THEY ARE STILL
WORKING OUT THE DETAILS OF
DELIVERY FOR THE LATER PHASES.
WHEN MULTIPLE COMPANIES HAVE
VACCINES READY -- THEY SAY THE
ONE YOU GET -- WILL SIMPLY COME