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North Dakota is scheduled to receive an initial 6,300 doses of the new one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, just days after it received federal approval. Meanwhile, confirmed cases of COVID-19 in North Dakota since the onset of the pandemic last March topped 100,000 on Wednesday. The doses are scheduled to arrive Friday; they'll be distributed to pharmacies and urgent care facilities, according to State Immunization Program Manager Molly Howell. Members of North Dakota's COVID-19 Vaccine Ethics Advisory Committee on Monday said earlier concerns they had about the efficacy of Johnso...

North Dakota leads the nation in vaccine rollout

More than 3,000 people in North Dakota have been vaccinated against the coronavirus. The first shipments of the Pfizer vaccine arrived Monday, and vaccinations began immediately. In Bismarck, Sanford Health vaccinated its first workers on Monday, and CHI St. Alexius Health its first on Tuesday. In the first four days of vaccinations around the state, 3,068 people received doses, Department of Health spokeswoman Nicole Peske told the Tribune. North Dakota State University nursing and pharmacy students are helping with the vaccinations in Bismarck and Fargo. "There is a tremendous amount of hop...