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VA nurse is the first in Twin Cities to get COVID-19 vaccine Thera Witte is a nurse at the Minneapolis VA. Author: Credit: April Eilers, Minneapolis VA Heathcare System The first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Twin Cities has been administered to a VA nurse named Thera Witte. Witte found herself front of the line for the shot Tuesday morning, as Minnesota started administering its first batch of the Pfizer vaccine. A nurse at the Minneapolis VA in the COVID unit, Witte and all Minnesotans who get the vaccine will need to receive two doses 21 days apart to achieve full effectiveness.

Minneapolis VA administers first COVID-19 vaccine It was given to Thera Witte, who has been a nurse at the VA for the past 10 years. Author: Miranda Manier (KARE) Updated: 5:13 PM CST December 15, 2020 MINNEAPOLIS — On Tuesday morning, one of the first COVID-19 vaccinations in Minnesota was administered at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center.  Thera Witte, who has been a nurse at the Minneapolis VA for 10 years, was the first recipient at the VA. She said in a press briefing following the vaccination that she works in the ward that has been the f...