First New Brunswickers receive COVID-19 vaccines The first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in New Brunswick was administered to a long-term care home resident at the Miramichi Regional Hospital this morning. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Dec 19, 2020 9:17 AM AT | Last Updated: December 19, 2020 Pauline Gauvin, an 84-year-old Miramichi resident, received her COVID-19 shot on Saturday.(Province of New Brunswick) comments The first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in New Brunswick was administered to a long-term care home resident at the Miramichi Regional Hospital Saturday morning. Pauline Gauvin, an 84-year-old Miramichi resident, received one of 1,950 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses expected to be distributed to people in the province.