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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.

9 & 10 News December 15, 2020 MINNEAPOLIS — A nurse on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center was the first in Minnesota to receive a COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday. Thera Witte, who works in a coronavirus unit at the hospital, said she feels honored to be the first and did not hesitate to volunteer. “I’m feeling hopeful that this is the beginning of the end” of the pandemic, Witte said after receiving the first of two Pfizer doses. She will be vaccinated again in three weeks. The state anticipates 46,800 doses of the Pfizer vaccine...

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9 & 10 News December 15, 2020 PHOENIX — Arizona on Tuesday reported more than 60 additional known deaths as the current COVID-19 surge saw hospitalizations set another record and rolling seven-day averages of cases and deaths more than double over the past two weeks. The state Department of Health Services on Tuesday reported 4,134 additional known cases and 64 deaths, increasing the state’s totals to more than 424,000 cases and 7,422 deaths. The rolling average of daily new cases rose from almost 3,500 on Nov. 30 to over 7,700 on Monday. Meanwhile, the rolling average of the daily posit...

COVID-19 vaccinations now underway in Minnesota By FOX 9 Staff MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - COVID-19 vaccines are now being administered across Minnesota.   Thera Witte, a nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital, was the first person in the Twin Cities metro and one of the first in the state to receive the vaccine. COVID-19 vaccines arrive and get administered in Minnesota Some of the first COVID-19 vaccines arrive and get administered in parts of Minnesota. Witte said her coworkers cheered for her as she got her shot on Tuesday morning.  "Everyone is feeling really hopeful about this, that this is ...