[ST. PAUL, MN] – The first COVID-19 vaccine shipments arrived in Minnesota today at four sites across the state: Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Sanford Bemidji Medical Center, Olmsted Medical Center, and Cass Lake Indian Health Services. Governor Walz visited the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center this morning to greet the very first shipment’s arrival in Minnesota. Pool photos of the first shipment arriving in Minneapolis this morning are available on the AP wire or by emailing aaron.lavinsky@startribune.com
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“This is an exciting day for Minnesota,” said Governor Tim Walz. “The first vaccines are here. They are safe, and they will be ready to go soon. The sun is coming up, Minnesota”
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Altru will receive 450 doses of the vaccine in its first allotment. 2:42 pm, Dec. 14, 2020 ×
A vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is seen ahead of being administered at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Dec. 8. Liam McBurney/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Grand Forks’ health system will be receiving its first batch of coronavirus vaccine later this week.
Altru Health System announced Monday, Dec. 14, that it will receive its first allocation of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, Dec. 16. Altru will receive 450 doses of the vaccine in its first allotment.
The vaccine is from the manufacturer Pfizer and will come to Altru via the North Dakota Department of Health, according to a press release from the hospital.
VA nurse is the first in Twin Cities to get COVID-19 vaccine
Thera Witte is a nurse at the Minneapolis VA.
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Credit: April Eilers, Minneapolis VA Heathcare System
The first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Twin Cities has been administered to a VA nurse named Thera Witte.
Witte found herself front of the line for the shot Tuesday morning, as Minnesota started administering its first batch of the Pfizer vaccine.
A nurse at the Minneapolis VA in the COVID unit, Witte and all Minnesotans who get the vaccine will need to receive two doses 21 days apart to achieve full effectiveness.
Minnesota s first COVID-19 vaccines arrived Monday at four different locations across the state.
Those sites included the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Sanford Bemidji Medical Center, Olmsted Medical Center and Cass Lake Indian Health Services.
Future vaccine distribution will go through a series of hubs across the state, including one in St. Cloud, according to information shared by the Minnesota Department of Health on Monday.
Minnesota expects to receive 46,800 units of the vaccine this week, according to state health officials on a Monday call with reporters. This is an exciting day for Minnesota, said Gov. Tim Walz in a statement. He met the arrival of the first vaccines at the Minneapolis VA on Monday. The first vaccines are here. They are safe, and they will be ready to go soon. The sun is coming up, Minnesota.