Posted: Dec 13, 2020 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: December 13, 2020 A New Brunswick doctor says he has accepted an invitation to be in the first group in the province to be vaccinated for COVID-19.(Dado Ruvic/Reuters) comments A New Brunswick doctor said he's received an invitation from Public Health to receive the COVID-19 vaccination in Miramichi from the initial batch of doses to arrive in the province later this week. The province confirmed on Monday that 1,950 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will arrive around Dec. 14 with a second shipment before the end of the year. Dr. Hanif Chatur, an emergency room doctor at Upper River Valley Hospital in Waterville, N.B., said he received an email from the province identifying him as a member of the initial priority group for clinics being held on Dec. 19-20 at Horizon's Miramichi Regional Hospital.