Sanford Health scheduled to begin COVID-19 vaccinations in South Dakota on Tuesday

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) –Sanford Health is anticipating its first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine in South Dakota to arrive Tuesday morning, Dec. 15, with the first vaccinations scheduled for 1 p.m.

Sanford Health will be administering its first COVID-19 vaccinations in South Dakota to frontline health care workers.

Shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have been delivered to Sanford Medical Center Fargo and Sanford Medical Center Bismarck.

Sanford Health has secured 3,400 doses for North Dakota for the first week.