Step in the right direction : Minnesota nursing home residents get first vaccine doses
The St. Cloud VA received 1,300 initial doses of the Moderna vaccine Monday, and expects a second shipment of doses in early January, when they anticipate giving out the vaccine to veterans who don t live in long-term care.
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Nurses Crystal DeMoss (left) and Dani Johnson (right) watch as veteran Curtis Sannerud celebrates with Daniel Willems after receiving the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. The two men were the first to receive the shots at the St. Cloud VA Medical Center on Tuesday, Dec. 22. Paul Middlestaedt for MPR News
Minnesotans in nursing homes are beginning to take steps to safety. At the St. Cloud VA Community Living Center, residents and staff began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday.
Just after 2 p.m., the first resident and first staff member at the nursing home received initial doses of the Moderna vaccine. They re among the first long-term care residents and staff members in the state to get vaccinated. This is the road to our veterans getting to see their loved ones again, getting to go outside, getting to move freely again, said nurse manager Mandi Loxterkamp.
An assisted living facility at the Prairie Island Indian Community also began vaccinating residents Tuesday.