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Vaccine reach The Yukon ! - ketchim - 12-29-2020
Dec 28, 2020 8:53 PM
Doses of the Moderna Vaccine are pictured at Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife.
The territory received 7,200 doses of the vaccine in its first shipment Monday.
It expects to receive enough doses to immunize 75 per cent of its population
against COVID-19 by March 2021.
(N.W.T. Department of Health and Social Services)
[img ]https://i.cbc.ca/1.5856219.1609208775!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/moderna-vaccine-n-w-t.jpg[/img]
Vaccine reach The Yukon ! - ketchim - 12-29-2020
The shipments are a portion of Moderna's first vaccine shipment to Canada
which arrived on Dec. 24.
Vaccine reach The Yukon ! - ketchim - 12-29-2020
The Northwest Territories and Yukon, along with Nunavut
were waiting for the Moderna vaccine to begin their vaccination programs because
they lack the health infrastructure necessary to safely store the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
which must be kept at -70 C to remain stable.
Vaccine reach The Yukon ! - ketchim - 12-29-2020
"we can now look forward to the future when we can start interacting with one another again."
Vaccine reach The Yukon ! - ketchim - 12-30-2020
Ontario has announced a Roll Out schedule !
Stay Safe ~