The doses were delivered around 11:30 a.m.
Administrators didn't waste any time. Tuesday afternoon, 30 frontline workers were slated to receive their first dose of the vaccine.
Backus Hospital prepared to vaccinate 30 frontline workers on Tuesday.
The anticipation has been building since the vaccine started arriving in Connecticut on Monday.
"It feels like I got a little bit of breathing room now. It feels like a dark nine months," said Dr. Mark Geronimo, of Backus Hospital.
Channel 3âs cameras were there as the first doses reached Hartford Hospital.
Healthcare workers said it was pretty incredible because itâs been less than a year since the first confirmed coronavirus case hit the U.S. The vaccine was developed at lightning speed.