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Today will mark the first time Newfoundland and Labrador will administer a vaccine to help fight COVID-19. The fist shipment of Pfizer’s vaccine arrived in St. John’s yesterday and with it comes more info on how the provincial government will handle distribution.
According to NTV’s Kelly-Ann Roberts, the vaccine itself will be distributed from the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s, with additional administration sites planned for Gander, Corner Brook, Labrador City/Wabush and Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
In terms of who will be receiving this first round of inoculations, the priority list is as follows:
It s a landmark : 1st doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrive in St. John s, 1 new case announced
Premier Andrew Furey and Health Minister John Haggie, wearing masks and matching safety jackets, stood on the tarmac and watched as a container containing 1,950 doses touched down in the province.
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Posted: Dec 15, 2020 11:54 AM NT | Last Updated: December 15, 2020
The first shipment of doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 are unloaded at St. John s International Airport on Tuesday.(Premier Andrew Furey/Twitter)
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COVID-19 vaccines expected in N.L. in a couple of days, premier says
One new travel-related case is being reported Monday in the Eastern Health region, as St. John s prepares to receive its first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
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N.L. reports 1 new case in Eastern Health region, no evidence of community transmission in Harbour Breton
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Posted: Dec 14, 2020 12:05 PM NT | Last Updated: December 14, 2020
Some 1,950 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are expected to arrive in Newfoundland and Labrador this week.(Frank Augstein/The Associated Press)