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Nearly nine months after the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Dubuque County, the two Dubuque hospitals on Monday night were slated to receive their first doses of a vaccine against the virus that has killed hundreds of thousands across the country.
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center and UnityPoint Health-Finley Hospital were expected to receive shipments of the Pfizer vaccine expected to contain nearly 2,000 doses. In Iowa City, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics on Monday morning was the first in the state to start vaccinating employees.
Robert Wethal, MercyOne Dubuque chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care services, framed the moment as a momentous one in the communityâs ongoing battle against COVID-19.