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Navajo Nation hospitals and clinics will receive a shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine early next week, health officials said during a video update Thursday.
Dr. Loretta Christensen, chief medical officer for the Navajo Area Indian Health Service, said the agency expects a shipment of 3,900 doses of the Pfizer vaccine on Monday.
The Food and Drug Administration approved widespread use of the Pfizer vaccine on Friday.
“The first shipment will go to Gallup Indian Medical Center, as they have the appropriate ultrafreeze technology necessary to keep the vaccine safe,” Christensen said.
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On Tuesday, vaccines will be shipped to the Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock and the Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility in Arizona.