First responders, healthcare workers, elders receive first COVID-19 vaccines in Haines
Ceri Godinez
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) vice president of clinics Eric Gettis debarks Allen Marine boat, Melinda Leigh, with roughly 100 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. SEARHC chartered the vessel to get the first doses of the vaccine to Haines on Dec. 18 after winter weather prevented them from being flown in the previous day.
In the past week, more than 100 Chilkat Valley residents received the first of two shots required for Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine.
On Friday, Dec. 18 at 10 a.m., roughly 100 doses of the vaccine arrived on an Allen Marine boat chartered by the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) after weather prevented the vaccine from being flown in the previous day.