Recently, APTA Delaware sent a letter to the Governor and others supporting the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Recommendation for Allocating Initial Supplies of COVID-19 Vaccine, wherein health care personnel and residents of long-term care facilities should be offered the COVID-19 vaccine in the initial phase of the vaccination program.
The letter encouraged the Delaware Health and Social Services to consider the entire health care ecosystem — including physical therapists and physical therapist assistants who work in acute care hospitals, assisted living facilities, critical-access hospitals, home health agencies, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals, private practices, physician offices, rehabilitation agencies, schools, and skilled nursing facilities.