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Winona Health gets first doses of COVID-19 vaccine
The 975 doses shipped will go to healthcare workers, as well as long-term care residents and staff
December 18, 2020 6:23 PM Tyler Job
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It’s the day Winona Health care workers get their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
“Just seeing the light at the end of the tunnel,” hospitalist Dr. Joseph Kaiya said.
Kaiya made history as the first healthcare worker at Winona Health to get vaccinated for COVID.
“It’s been a long, long year,” Kaiya said. “People have suffered. Health family members have suffered.”
To him, it felt just like a regular shot.
Photo by Chris Rogers
Winona Health Director of Emergency and Urgent Care Services Beth Poulin gave physician Joseph Kaiya a shot of Pfizer s coronavirus vaccine. COVID vaccinations begin in Winona (12/18/2020)
In a potential turning point in the fight against the coronavirus, Dr. Joseph Kaiya became the first person in Winona to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Kaiya was one of 15-20 Winona Health staff who rolled up their sleeves on Friday. Winona Health is a hub for local distribution of the Pfizer vaccine because the hospital has the ultra-cold freezers needed to store it, and the health system plans to offer shots to all of its front-line hospital staff, nursing home residents, and nursing home staff next week. Other local nursing homes, ambulance crews, and COVID testing staff are expected to receive shots of the Moderna vaccine starting the week of December 28.