Vaccinations play a critical role in protecting Nebraskans against COVID-19 as well as slowing the spread of the virus. DHHS, local health departments, and various community partners work collectively to plan, execute, and maintain access for all Nebraskans to COVID-19 vaccines.
Cooperatively, this plan has been developed to ensure that inclusion, transparency, and using sound evidence-based processes to create a vaccination plan. As the virus and vaccine evolve so will planning efforts. This plan is a living document that will be revised as needed.
State of Nebraska COVID-19 Vaccination Plan
UPDATED: 2/22/2021
Vaccine Information For Health Care Providers
In the latest of this scheduled series of Facebook Live sessions addressing COVID-19 vaccination topics, DHHS CEO Dannette R. Smith discusses COVID-19's potential impact on the health of pregnant women with Dr. Emily Patel, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at Methodist Women's Hospital.
At the end, this video will continue into a playlist showing previous sessions in the series.
COVID-19 vaccines will be an important tool to help stop this pandemic. CDC's Dr. Cohn explains how the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, an independent group of experts, develops recommendations and advises CDC on the use of vaccines in our country and the process for making recommendations on COVID-19 vaccines.