COVID-19: Moderna vaccine set to arrive in MN Wednesday, will head to long-term care
The first priority group is expected to be vaccinated by the end of January.
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Credit: April Ellers, Minneapolis VA Health Care System
Minnesota is set to receive its first supply of the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Moderna, in addition to the doses that have already arrived from Pfizer/BioNTech.
Moderna became the second pharma company to receive FDA approval for the COVID-19 vaccine, and the first set of doses will arrive in Minnesota on Wednesday.
The Minnesota Department of Health s director of infectious disease Kris Ehresmann said Minnesota is expecting 94,800 doses of the vaccine this week.