Posted: Jan 18, 2021 9:54 AM CT | Last Updated: January 18
Joanna Robb, left, was first in line for a COVID-19 vaccination at the Brandon supersite on Monday.(Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun/Pool)
The first COVID-19 vaccine has been given at Brandon s new vaccine supersite. This is a little bit of a surprise, said Joanna Robb, who didn t expect to be first in line.
Robb is a cytotechnologist who works at Shared Health s Westman Lab, which deals with COVID-19 specimens, making her eligible for the vaccine. There s a worldwide pandemic, and every day I sit at work listening to it, usually the CBC, to the updates, and you hear the death tolls every day and the numbers, and it s heartbreaking, Robb said. And we can do something.
Brandon Sun By: The Brandon Sun
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Jennifer Cochrane, a Public Health Nurse with Prairie Mountain Health in Virden, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to Joanna Robb, the first person in line during the first day of immunizations at the Brandon COVID-19 vaccination supersite at the Keystone Centre on Monday.
Brandon’s COVID-19 immunization “super-site” officially opened its doors earlier this morning, with the injections taking place at the Keystone Centre.
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Brandon’s COVID-19 immunization super-site officially opened its doors earlier this morning, with the injections taking place at the Keystone Centre.
Some of the first people to receive the COVID vaccination at this location included Brandon healthcare workers, who work at Shared Health’s Westman Lab and are particularly vulnerable to the virus given the nature of their employment.