Journal Staff Writer
MARQUETTE Sault Tribe officials announced the tribe received 975 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday from Pfizer.
Sault Health Director Dr. Leo Chugunov said he had expected only 185 doses.
Chugunov said the unexpectedly large shipment left Sault Tribe Health Division staff and him scrambling to reschedule appointments and obtain more needles and syringes, which some shipments of the vaccine didn’t contain.
The health division plans to distribute the vaccine according to a priority list. Division team members, elders and non-health division critical workers are at the top of the priority list.
Meanwhile, those who received a vaccine from the initial Pfizer shipment are scheduled to receive their second dose on Tuesday. Anyone who received the vaccine from the first Moderna shipment is to receive the second dose on Jan. 19.
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