The first delivery of COVID-19 vaccine to North Memorial Health Hospital arrived in the early morning hours of Dec. 15, in what spokesperson Katy Sullivan called âa momentous step forward in the fight against COVID for healthcare workers and all Minnesotans.â
North Memorial CEO Kevin Croston welcomed the arrival of 975 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is currently the only authorized and recommended vaccine to prevent COVID-19 in the United States.
Croston marveled at the technology it took to get the vaccine, which requires a near-consistent environmental temperature of -94 degrees Fahrenheit, delivered to the hospital.
âAll of the effort it took to get it here, with just all the technology in the box, and then you think about the technology it is going to take to get this into everybody â we have a lot of work to do yet,â he said. âThis is just the beginning.â
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Metro area hospitals prepare to receive first shipment of COVID vaccines
Minnesota is expected to receive 46,800 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, which metro area hospitals have been in prep mode for receiving since November. Author: Deevon Rahming (KARE11) Updated: 10:19 PM CST December 12, 2020
MINNEAPOLIS Healthcare facilities across the country are set to start receiving the nation s first FDA authorized COVID-19 vaccine.
An estimated 2.9 million doses will be distributed within the first week. That number is expected to ramp up significantly in the coming weeks, to as much as 40 million doses by the end of 2020, according to the chief operating officer of Operation Warp Speed, during a media briefing Saturday.
Brooklyn Park police officer shot; suspect in custody The officer was expected to survive the wounds. December 12, 2020 8:35am Text size Copy shortlink:
A Brooklyn Park police officer was shot while responding to a call Friday night and treated for a non-life-threatening wound, Brooklyn Park police said early Saturday morning, and the suspected gunman is in custody.
Police were called to the 6500 block of Georgia Avenue shortly after 10 p.m. Friday on a report of a domestic disturbance involving a man who had an order for protection against him, Brooklyn Park police said. Officers initiated contact with the man, who was parked at the caller s home. The man and officers exchanged gunfire, and one officer was struck. The man fled.