
Grand Forks, N.D. – Altru began administering second doses of the COVID-19 Vaccine to employees Wednesday, January 6. Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have been administered to our employees. 60 percent of staff have received the first COVID-19 vaccine dose at Altru. We will have 524 staff members receive their second dose by the end of this week.
Based in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Altru Health System is a physician-led, multispecialty group practice with an acute care hospital, Level II trauma center, specialty hospital, more than two dozen Grand Forks, and regional practice locations, and a large home care network. Altru Health System was the first member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, extending Mayo Clinic knowledge and expertise to the patients we serve. For more information, visit altru.org.
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