Vaccine reach The Yukon !

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)

The shipments are a portion of Moderna's first vaccine shipment to Canada

which arrived on Dec. 24.

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.

"we can now look forward to the future when we can start interacting with one another again."

Ontario has announced a Roll Out schedule !

Stay Safe ~