FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota has received its first doses of a coronavirus vaccine and plans to begin giving shots to frontline healthcare workers at a Fargo hospital who have been dealing with COVID-19 patients. The first box of 2,925 doses of the Pfizer, Inc. vaccine arrived at Sanford Health just before 7 a.m. Monday. Sanford’s head of pharmacy, Jesse Breidenbach, says the arrival of the vaccine created “a tremendous amount of joy and happiness.” Dr. Avish Nagpal, an infectious disease specialist who has been treating COVID-19 patients at Sanford, was scheduled to get the first shot on Monday afternoon. The hospital plans to administer the first doses to staff working in COVID-19 units, intensive care units and emergency departments.

The North Dakota State Hospital expects an allotment of around 200 doses of the coronavirus vaccine in the next two weeks for its staff.