Mercy Health Receives Its First Delivery of Vaccines

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Mercy Health-Youngstown has received its first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Immunizations will begin in the early afternoon, a hospital spokesman said in a statement issued at 11:30 a.m. Mercy received the vaccine produced by Moderna Pharmaceuticals.

No further information was given, but Mercy will host a press conference at 5:30 p.m. with chief clinical officer Dr. James Kravec, Mercy Health-Youngstown Market President Dr. John Luellen and three of the first staff members to receive the vaccine.

Check back to BusinessJournalDaily.com Tuesday night for more information.

Pictures of the vaccines being delivered and unpacked by Pharmacy Manager William Johnson and Pharmacy Technician Donna Stoyanov can be seen in the slideshow below.

Pictured at top: Pharmacy Manager William Johnson starts unpacking the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna Pharmaceuticals. (Images courtesy of Mercy Health – Youngstown.)

Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.