The first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in all three Siouxland States.
Siouxland District Health says Woodbury County will receive almost 2,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine in the next few days for front-line health care workers. Director Kevin Grieme admits the vaccine will only cover about 50% initially needed.
Other doses will come in phases and the national pharmacy network will distribute additional doses to long-term care facilities.
When the vaccine by Moderna gets the go-ahead there will be 400 doses for EMS workers in Woodbury County.
Dakota County isn’t scheduled to receive the vaccine yet. But, when it does, health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities and staff will get top priority. The vaccine is estimated to be available to the general public in April.
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Replay Video UP NEXT President-elect Joe Biden achieved formal victory over President Trump on Monday, winning his 306 votes in the electoral college and advancing one more step toward inauguration even as die-hard Trump supporters redoubled their efforts to stop the normal transfer of power. Electors gathered in every state and the District of Columbia for a day-long series of votes that delivered no surprises for either Trump or Biden. The proceedings harked back to more typical presidential elections and stood in contrast with the unprecedented though fruitless six weeks of legal and procedural chaos triggered by Trump’s refusal to accept his loss.
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Georgia has also been at the center of controversy since Biden narrowly defeated President Trump
Trump has refused to concede despite the multiple recounts reaffirming Biden s victory in Georgia and the Electoral College certifying Biden’s 306-232 national victory on Monday.
Trump and his allies have made unsubstantiated claims about the election being stolen from him through widespread fraud. They’ve attacked the Republican leaders in Georgia, baselessly accusing them of colluding with Democrats to steal the election.
That s led to some Republicans worrying the accusations will dissuade GOP voters from casting ballots in the race.
The Supreme Court recently refused to hear a case brought by Texas, which was signed by 18 GOP attorneys general and more than 100 Republican members of the House, seeking to have the election results tossed out in Georgia and three other states.
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