New Brunswick is expecting to receive its first 2,400 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday.
Shawn Berry, a spokesperson with the Department of Health, said they anticipate the first 1,200 doses will be given during the first week of January.
“Public Health officials are collaborating with partners such as Social Development and EM/ANB [Extra-Mural/Ambulance New Brunswick] to administer 1,200 of the vaccine to long-term care residents at various Nursing Homes and Adult Residential Facilities around the province,” Berry said in an email Wednesday.
Berry said the remaining 1,200 doses will be set aside to be given as their second dose in 28 days.
The first doses of the Moderna vaccine are arriving in New Brunswick one week to the day after Health Canada approved it for use in this country.
It is one of two vaccines currently approved for use in Canada, with the other being made by Pfizer-BioNTech.
Figures from the Department of Health show more than 2,900 New Brunswickers have received their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to date.
