More shipments of COVID-19 vaccines and the ultra-low freezers used to store Pfizer vaccine are on the way to the province.
Health Minister Dr. John Haggie says 2,400 doses of the Moderna vaccine have already been delivered to the province, to be used in high-risk communities in Northern Labrador.
Haggie says two more shipments of vaccines will arrive on January 6 and January 10 with two additional shipments arriving by the end of January. The amount of vaccine in each shipment will vary.
The Pfizer vaccine must be stored in ultra-low temperature freezers.
Haggie says there are currently five of these freezers in the province: two at Memorial University, one at Eastern Health, one in Central Health and one in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
He says two are on the way from the Federal Government, and five more ultra-low freezers are on order.
Haggie says as of Monday morning, 1,785 people had been vaccinated in the province.
There was a freezer donated to Western Health by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, but it will need some servicing before it can be used.