41,778 vaccines given in last week in Alabama, online scheduling portal opens

The pace of COVID-19 vaccines in Alabama is picking up. Today’s update from the Alabama Department of Public Health shows the state administered 41,778 coronavirus vaccines in the week ending Jan. 9. Of those recent vaccines, 22,228 were the Pfizer brand; 19,550 were manufactured by Moderna. Read more here.

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