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Navajo Area Indian Health Services Distributes First Allocation Of Pfizer Vaccines

The Indian Health Service has distributed its first allocation of Pfizer vaccines for COVID-19 to health care centers in the Navajo Nation area. 

On Tuesday, the Navajo area IHS delivered 3,900 Pfizer vaccines. The COVID-19 shots were distributed to Navajo Nation health care clinics. 

Native Medicine Coordinator Roland Begay was the first health care worker at the facility to receive the vaccine, which requires a second shot to be fully immunized against the virus. 

Navajo area IHS officials expect all health care workers to be vaccinated with their first dose by Sunday.

Hunter Brownstein was an intern at KJZZ from 2020 to 2021.