OMC Receives Pfizer Covid Vaccine

The first batch of covid-19 vaccine is in Southeastern Minnesota

You can count on it's a historic day in the fight against the covid-19 virus.

Nine months after a global pandemic was declared-- the first batch of covid-19 vaccine is in southeastern minnesota first batch-vo-1 lowerthird2line coronavirus:pfizer's covid-19 vaccine arrives in olmsted county kimt news 3 olmsted medical center says they received this shipment of roughly 975 doses of the pfizer vaccine today.

This is your first look at the vaccine in olmsted county.

You can see o-m-c staff members unboxing the package we've all been waiting for.

O-m-c is among the first three hospitals in minnesota to receive the vaccine.

More shipments are expected to arrive to rochester and the rest of the state tomorrow.

Lowerthird2line talent coronavirus:annalise johnson ajohnson@kimt.com coverage you can count on ..and as it is an exciting day for olmsted county kimt new three's jessica bringe joins us live from olmsted medical center with details of the first covid-19 shipment.

Jbringe@kimt.com coverage you can count on annalise - omc tells me the shipment of around 975 doses of the pfizer vaccine was received just before 7 a-m via fed-ex.

Omc vaccine-lvo-1 lowerthird2line coronavirus:omc receives first covid-19 vaccine shipment rochester, mn as you mentioned - there were three shipments of the vaccine to minnesota one was at omc..

The other two were north memorial and sanford health.

Omc says the next shipments will likely arrive in rochester tomorrow.

Olmsted county public health has been cooperatively planning for the arrival... director graham briggs says the vaccine shipment signals a light at the end of the tunnel.

Omc vaccine-lsot-1 lowerthird2line and it allows us to start looking at the way out of this pandemic.

The light at the end of the tunnel becomes more and more clear the more people we vaccinate in this community.

Lowerthird2line talent coronavirus:jessica bringe jbringe@kimt.com coverage you can count on o-m-c does say it will follow minnesota department of health guidelines and will distribute the vaccine starting next monday - and prioritize frontline health care staff.

Live in rochester- jessica bringe kimt news 3 thank you jessica.

Coming up at five..

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