Members of Willmar's medical community participated in a video released Sunday evening by Carris Health. They talked about how exhausted they are by the pandemic, pleaded with people to get vaccinated and thanked the community for its support.
Carris Health begins vaccinating frontline workers, two clinics for high-priority employees planned this week
Three Carris Health – Rice Memorial Hospital employees, two nurses and a doctor, were the first to receive COVID-19 vaccinations Tuesday morning. One of them called the start of vaccinations a celebration. After the public event to begin the vaccinations, Carris Health employees continued receiving vaccinations throughout the day Tuesday. 3:05 pm, Dec. 29, 2020 ×
Dr. Fred Hund, left, a hospitalist at Carris Health – Rice Memorial Hospital, receives his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine administered Tuesday morning by nurse Nicole Aleshire in the Carris Health Lakeland Auditorium in Willmar. Hund was one of three frontline Carris Health workers to first receive the COVID-19 vaccine.