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Iowa hospitals prepare for first staff virus vaccinations

by David Pitt
| December 9, 2020 2:27 PM

JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — University of Iowa Health Care officials said Wednesday that the group's hospitals expect to get their first shipment of a coronavirus vaccine as early as next week and that they plan to begin giving it to employees who work in COVID-19 units within 24 hours of receiving it.

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