WDIO Created: January 14, 2021 01:26 PM
St. Louis County Public Health announced Thursday that they are seeking volunteers to assist at vaccination clinics for when the COVID-19 vaccination becomes more widely available.
The County said they are looking for both Minnesota Board-certified nurses to assist with administering vaccinations, as well as other volunteers to help with registration and traffic control. Basic computer skills are requested. St. Louis County Public Health staff has done an amazing job so far with getting shots into people’s arms during these first initial weeks of vaccine roll-out, Amy Westbrook, St. Louis County Public Health Division Director said. But we will soon be moving to phases with larger priority groups and so we are seeking volunteers to assist us at larger clinic events.
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A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine at St. Luke s hospital in Duluth. (2020 file / News Tribune)
St. Louis County s public health division and area pharmacies will start receiving vaccines this week to aid the health care system in getting the shots to priority populations.
While the three health care system hubs in Northeastern Minnesota St. Luke s hospital and Essentia Health, both in Duluth, as well as Fairview Range Medical Center in Hibbing all received their first shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and are anticipating a second soon, public health and pharmacies will only receive the Moderna vaccine since it doesn t require ultra-cold storage.
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St. Louis County Public Health officials are anticipating shipments of the vaccine to come to the county before the end of the year, possibly as early as next week.
December 13, 2020
DULUTH, Minn.– The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in the United States and it could be getting to the Northland soon.
St. Louis County Public Health officials are anticipating shipments of the vaccine to come to the county before the end of the year, possibly as early as next week.
The first shipments need to be kept in cold storage of around 100 degrees below zero so it will go to “hubs” in the area where they can be used best before the other vaccines arrive.
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