Created: December 28, 2020 08:31 PM Two Northland healthcare systems are celebrating receiving their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Staff at both Benedictine Health Center in Duluth and Memorial Health Center in Ashland were given the Moderna vaccine on Monday. Benedictine was the first long-term care facility in northern Minnesota to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Benedictine Health Center in Duluth became the first long-term care facility in northern Minnesota to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday. WDIO-TV Administrator Brian Pattock says it arrived just before 9:00 Monday morning, and it has been a long time coming. The staff at Benedictine Health Center were all smiles as they received their first dose of the Moderna vaccine with the second to come on January 25.