Heres who will be eligible for coronavirus vaccines in Louisiana – The Advocate

Louisiana expanded its eligibility for the coronavirus vaccine on Thursday, allowing people 65 and older to now obtain the vaccine.

The vaccine was previously available to people 70 and older. By lowering the age by five years, an additional 275,000 people will be eligible for the vaccine in Louisiana.

Vaccines will also be available to people in the unified command group, state and local COVID-19 emergency response personnel and law enforcement, and March and April election workers.

The expansion in eligibility will start on Monday.

Louisiana will allow people who are 65 and older to access COVID-19 vaccines starting Monday as the state sees more doses and some slowing app

There have been 534,985 doses of the vaccine administered statewide since the rollout began on Dec. 14. There are now 47,280 people who are fully vaccinated. The vaccines require two doses a couple weeks apart.

Here's who is newly eligibleon Monday:

The vaccine has been available to:

(information provided by the Louisiana Department of Health.)

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Heres who will be eligible for coronavirus vaccines in Louisiana - The Advocate