Operator
Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Ligand Pharmaceuticals Second Quarter Earnings Call. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker s presentation there will be a question and answer session. [Operator Instructions]
I would now like to hand the conference over to your first speaker today the Head of Investor Relations, Mr. Simon Latimer. Please go ahead sir.
Simon Latimer
Head of Investor Relations
Thank you. Welcome to Ligand s second quarter of 2021 financial results and business update conference call. Our speakers for today s call are in separate locations. Speaking today for Ligand will be John Higgins, CEO; Matt Foehr, COO; and Matt Korenberg, CFO.
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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 COVID-19 vaccination supersite at the Keystone Centre on Monday.
Despite a glitch in text messaging for the Brandon vaccination site, COVID -19 vaccinations took place as planned Monday morning.
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Despite a glitch in text messaging for the Brandon vaccination site, COVID -19 vaccinations took place as planned Monday morning.
Joanna Robb, who works at Shared Health’s Westman Regional Laboratory, was the first to be vaccinated yesterday morning. Kirsten Boyce, Robb’s co-worker, was the second. They booked their appointments without issue early last week. Both say no one in their workplace had any issues with booking their appointments.
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.