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A care aide receives the first COVID-19 vaccination.

Northern Health administers first COVID-19 vaccines in Prince George

The first doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to a group of high-risk health care workers in Prince George today. The first person to receive the vaccine in the Northern Health region was Biserka Becker, a care aide at Jubilee Lodge in Prince George. Biserka was vaccinated along with a group of health care workers from University Hospital of Northern BC, and the nearby Jubilee Lodge long-term care facility.

Health care worker takes COVID-19 vaccine out of the box.

COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Prince George

The first shipment of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines arrived at the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia in Prince George this morning. The Pfizer vaccine has been approved by Health Canada and is safe, effective, and will save lives. Vaccines do more than protect the people being immunized, they also protect everyone around them. All COVID-19 vaccines will be free to everyone in British Columbia.