First shipment of COVID vaccines arrives in Great Falls
MTN
and last updated 2020-12-15 20:45:23-05
GREAT FALLS â Inside a relatively normal looking box, the first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines arrived at Benefis Health System late Tuesday morning. Weâre still waiting to learn exactly how many doses were in the shipment, but Benefis officials told MTN on Tuesday that they believed they might be getting more than the original 975 doses they originally expected.
The shipment contained the allotted vaccines for Benefis and the Great Falls Clinic, which will remain at Benefis until the Clinic is ready to retrieve their share. Because Benefis has the ultra-cold storage required to store the vaccines (between -112 degrees and -76 degrees Fahrenheit) to keep the vaccines safe and ready to use, the two hospitals will be working together throughout this process.