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COVID Vaccine (MN): 1st Doses Of Vaccine Officially Administered In The State
At the Minneapolis VA hospital, the first to get the shot was Thera Witte, a nurse who has worked at the hospital for 10 years.
By Christiane Cordero, CBS Minnesota
December 15, 2020
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The first doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine have officially been administered. About 3,000 doses of the vaccine arrived Monday at the Twin Cities hospital in refrigerated boxes.
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At the Minneapolis VA hospital, the first to get the shot was Thera Witte, a nurse who has worked at the hospital for 10 years. It was administered by Nurse Jamie Charles. Tuesday was the first day they had met. Witte said her being the first was “pure luck.”
“I just happened to have the first appointment,” she said. “I got cheers from my colleagues this morning.”
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