What you need to know about vaccinations in St. Louis, Carlton, Douglas, Itasca, Lake counties
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Common questions
When the second dose is needed: Second-dose appointments are scheduled with first appointments. Second Pfizer-BioNTech dose needed 21 days after the first. Second Moderna dose needed 28 days after the first. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is a one-dose vaccine.
Carlton County Public Health Hosts Drive-thru Vaccine Clinic
100 doses of the Moderna vaccine was received for Tuesday s clinic.
December 29, 2020
held its first drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic.
The county distributed its first shipment of the Moderna vaccine.
The clinic was not open to the public.
The vaccinations were only for emergency medical services workers and others helping to do community COVID-19 testing.
One first responder says getting the vaccine was important for him as he wants to keep his family protected from the virus.
“I have very fragile family members that I have to take care of and deal with. Getting that virus could be a detriment to giving it to one of them. I am very grateful to be able to get the vaccination,” said Nathan Houck, a first responder in Carlton County.
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Around 70 EMS workers received the Moderna vaccine on Tuesday afternoon in a drive-through clinic at the Carlton County Transportation Building. I ve been waiting for this so you feel much more reassured being able to go on calls and help people and not have to worry about catching it, or spreading it to family members or workers outside of the fire department, said Mahtowa Volunteer Fire Department First Responder Nathan Houck.
Around 70 Carlton County EMS workers received the Moderna vaccine on Tuesday afternoon in a drive-through clinic.