North Country Healthcare Hospitals Begin Administering COVID-19 Vaccines to Employees

Misty Gagne, a registered nurse in the emergency department at Androscoggin Valley Hospital, is vaccinated by Karen Bertin-Roy, RN, an infection control preventionist at the hospital. (COURTESY PHOTO)

On Thursday, Dec. 17, North Country Healthcare hospitals, including Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin, Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook and Weeks Medical Center ion Lancaster, began administering COVID-19 vaccines to frontline employees who wished to receive it.

A limited supply of the vaccine is being sent to each facility semi-weekly. Administration to the North Country Healthcare employees requesting it is anticipated to take a number of weeks, and will be managed in a manner consistent with Centers for Disease Control guidelines.

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