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How one hospital system is relying on a fleet of Dodge minivans to make sure healthcare workers in remote areas can get their COVID shots
How one hospital system is relying on a fleet of Dodge minivans to make sure healthcare workers in remote areas can get their COVID shots
Shelby LivingstonDec 16, 2020, 00:52 IST
Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped.AP/Morry Gash/Pool
Distributing COVID-19
vaccines to
rural areas hit hard by the pandemic will be one of the many difficult challenges that states and
health systems face in vaccinating Americans.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based health system Sanford Health is planning to use a fleet of Dodge minivans to courier Pfizer vaccines to rural
COVID-19 vaccinations have begun, Sanford health care workers are the first in Fargo and Bismarck
The arrival of the vaccine is a milestone in efforts to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control and has been eagerly anticipated. Written By: Patrick Springer | Jeremy Turley | 5:26 pm, Dec. 14, 2020 ×
Melodi Krank administers the Fargo area s first COVID-19 vaccine to Dr. Avish Nagpal at Sanford Medical Center in southwest Fargo on Dec. 14. David Samson / The Forum
FARGO Sanford Health has received its first shipment of vaccine to protect front-line health care workers against the coronavirus, a historic moment in efforts to contain the deadly and disruptive pandemic.
The podcast was uploaded on Tuesday, Dec. 15. You can listen to the podcast here. 2:24 pm, Dec. 15, 2020 ×
Melodi Krank administers the Fargo area s first COVID-19 vaccine to Dr. Avish Nagpal at Sanford Medical Center in southwest Fargo on Dec. 14. David Samson / The Forum
North Dakota is featured prominently on a new podcast from The New York Times surrounding the coronavirus vaccine and its rollout.
The podcast, called The Daily, features snippets of Monday s rollout of the coronavirus vaccine across the country, including a 10-minute segment at Sanford Health in Fargo about what the vaccine means in the COVID-19 fight. The Daily is a podcast produced by The New York Times Monday through Friday and is hosted by Michael Barbaro.