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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University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics ER Nurse David Conway receives the hospital s first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination on Dec. 14.
Days after the Pfizer vaccination was granted emergency authorization use by the FDA, Iowa hospitals received their first shipments.
Shortly after the first COVID-19 vaccinations arrived in Iowa, some hospitals started sending out footage of health care workers unloading vials into ultra-cold freezers and vaccinating frontline workers.
ER nurse David Conway was the first frontline worker to receive the vaccine at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, which received 975 doses of the vaccine Monday morning. I d like my colleagues to know it was fast, it was painless, and it s the right thing to do, Conway said, in a video statement released by UIHC.
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Updated: 12:19 PM CST Dec 15, 2020 MercyOne Hospital confirms they received their first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday. The health care provider tells KCCI their first vaccination will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday. They expect to vaccinate dozens of their employees. The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics vaccinated nearly 180 people Monday after the Iowa City hospital received its first doses of the vaccine.UIHC tells KCCI there have been no major side effects and they hope to vaccinate close to 1,000.
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MercyOne Hospital confirms they received their first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday.
The health care provider tells KCCI their first vaccination will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday. They expect to vaccinate dozens of their employees.