Residents of Dauphin’s St. Paul’s Personal Care Home had their first chance to receive the Moderna vaccine over the weekend.
On Saturday, Jan. 15, St. Paul’s resident Myra Childs was the first to receive the vaccine at the Dauphin care home.
St. Paul’s PCH staff member David Sarkonak met the current provincial eligibility criteria and received the extra dose of the Moderna vaccine.
A leftover vaccine dose was given to care home staff member David Sarkonak, who rolled up his sleeve to receive the shot.
The immunizations are part of a plan to offer the vaccine to all Manitoba care home residents by Feb. 8.
Prairie Mountain Health's Focused Immunization Teams (FIT) and PCH nurses have begun immunizing personal care home residents across the province.
