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A select few residents of Poweshiek County will be receiving doses of the new Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines before the end of the year. In addition to healthcare workers at Grinnell Regional Medical Center, residents of the retirement communities around Poweshiek County will be among the first to be vaccinated.
The news comes as the United States embarks on a nationwide race to deliver vaccines to more than 300 million people as quickly as possible. Throughout Iowa, as in Poweshiek County, the first doses of vaccines will be given to health care personnel and residents in long-term care facilities, as prescribed by the