Updated: 6:19 PM CST Dec 14, 2020 The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Iowa on Monday morning, and the first doses have been administered to health care workers.UnityPoint Health in Des Moines confirmed to KCCI that it had received its first shipments of the vaccine Monday morning.More hospital systems in central Iowa are expected to receive the vaccine. MercyOne told KCCI it will receive the vaccine Tuesday. With the delivery of vaccine on Tuesday, we are turning a corner in this global health crisis. MercyOne is confident in the safety and efficacy of the vaccine with the FDA approval. We strongly encourage everyone ages 16 and older to be vaccinated, hospital officials said through a news release. MercyOne is actively preparing to begin immunization with the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as locations receive the first shipments. Like all health systems, we are working closely with the CDC and state health departments, which have been charged with vaccin
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