Madison Memorial becomes first to administer COVID-19 vaccine in Idaho
REXBURG â A hospital in eastern Idaho began inoculating health care workers on Monday with a very limited number of initial doses of Pfizerâs newly approved COVID-19 vaccine, signaling what could be the beginning of the end for the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Russ McUne in Rexburg became the first person to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in Idaho, three public health sources told the Post Register. Media and the public watched as McUne, who works at rural Madison Memorial Hospital with just four-staffed intensive care unit beds, was vaccinated. âAs a ER physician working frontline...
Source: rexburgstandardjournal.com