The COVID-19 vaccine, created by Pfizer and BioNTech, arrived at Kalispell Regional Medical Center on Dec. 15. Frontline workers began receiving the vaccine on Thursday, Dec. 17. (photo courtesy of Kalispell Regional)
December 17, 2020
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Montana vaccine effort ramping up, hospitalizations decline
HELENA (AP) — Montana's effort to vaccinate health care workers and those over age 70 against the coronavirus continues to ramp up while cases and hospitalizations decrease. But Gov. Greg Gianforte said Friday he would like to see the state get more vaccine each week.
State distribution plan details vaccine rollout
Many Montanans won't get vaccine until late spring, early summer
As Montana rounds into the new year, state and local officials are focused on transitioning into the next phase of the state’s COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Plan after nearly 17,000 high-risk health-care personnel received their first doses of the vaccine in December.
Feds reduce Montana's shipments of COVID vaccine
Montana will receive fewer doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine than state officials had anticipated by the end of the year, Gov. Steve Bullock said Friday, as the pharmaceutical giant and the federal government quarreled over details of the nation's complex distribution effort.
Flathead Valley health workers get COVID vaccine
Front-line staff at Kalispell Regional Healthcare rolled up their sleeves Thursday to receive the first round of the COVID-19 vaccine.