By Carter Woodiel
Dec 14, 2020 7:34 AM
FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) The first shipments of COVID-19 vaccines should be arriving at South Dakota health care facilities this week.
Doug Ekeren, President of Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, said it will take some time to get enough doses.
“We don’t count on it until we see it on our loading dock, or in this case in our pharmacy, because the numbers do change,” Ekeren said.
Doug Ekeren Photo: WNAX
The first shipments of Covid-19 vaccines should be arriving at health care facilities this week. Front line medical workers are among the first in line for the shots.
Doug Ekeren, President of Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, says it will take some time to get the vaccine…
Ekeren says the vaccines are all double dose types..
Ekeren says they anticipate it will take some time to get adequate supplies to vaccinate their employees…
The state Health Department said last week they expect about eight thousand doses in the first shipment. Tags:
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