Posted By Kimberly Wear@kimberly wear on Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 3:11 PM The first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Humboldt County this morning and is being stored in a special freezer at St. Joseph Hospital. Public Health will be working with area healthcare providers over the next few days to coordinate getting out the first 975 doses to priority recipients, according to a county release. “We are very excited to have received the first batch of Humboldt County’s vaccines this morning at St. Joseph’s Hospital,” said Humboldt County Health Officer Ian Hoffman in the release. “As we know, there are not nearly enough doses to go around. We will be following state guidance and vaccinating the highest risk people first, which includes all hospital staff, emergency medical services and long-term care facility residents and staff.”