COVID-19 Vaccine: Timeline For Minnesotans

TWIN CITIES, MN — Minnesota hospitals and other "hub" sites are set to receive the first shipments of COVID-19 vaccines in the coming days. Once the doses arrive at the hubs — which are spread out throughout Minnesota — the vaccine will be distributed further to smaller hospitals, clinics, and other "spokes."

At that point, health care workers can begin administering the vaccine. Minnesotans who are "most susceptible to serious complications" and health care workers are first in line to be vaccinated.

Here is Minnesota's COVID-19 vaccine timeline:

Summer-Fall 2020: COVID-19 vaccine trials

Nov. 20: Pfizer submitted its application to the FDA

Nov. 30: Moderna submitted its application to the FDA

Dec. 1: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) makes Phase 1a priority group recommendations

Week of Dec. 14: 46,800 Pfizer vaccine doses will arrive in Minnesota

Once the vaccine arrives: COVID-19 vaccine provider training starts

Last two weeks of December: 136,600 Moderna vaccines arrive in Minnesota

End of December: Minnesotans in top priority group are vaccinated

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Both vaccines require each person to receive two doses to get the full effect. If all goes as planned, a maximum of 91,700 Minnesotans will be partially or fully vaccinated against the virus within the month.

In addition to local hospitals and clinics, Minnesotans will be able to get the vaccine at pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens.