2020-12-15 00:06:00 GMT2020-12-15 08:06:00(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) The United States started its COVID-19 vaccine rollout nationwide on Monday as death toll of the pandemic in the country topped 300,000.
Shortly before 9:30 a.m. local time, a critical care nurse in New York was among the first people in the country to get the vaccine of American drugmaker Pfizer in partnership with German company BioNTech.
Sandra Lindsay, an ICU nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, New York, was administered the vaccine by Northwell Health Director of Employee Health Services Michelle Chester.
In a video link with New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, Lindsay said, I feel I hope today, relieved. I feel like healing is coming and this marks the beginning of the end of a very painful time in our history.
Photos by Scott Heins/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
This morning, Sandra Lindsay, an ICU nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, received the first COVID-19 vaccine in the nation. She received the Pfizer vaccine, which was approved by the FDA on Friday, following which the first shipments arrived in New York City. “I feel like healing is coming and this marks the beginning of the end of a very painful time in our history. I want to instill public confidence that the vaccine is safe,” said Ms. Lindsay.
Shortly before 9:30am this morning, with Governor Cuomo joining the monumental occasion virtually, Northwell Health Director of Employee Health Services Dr. Michelle Chester administered the vaccine to Ms. Lindsay.
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by Xinhua writers Xia Lin, Tan Jingjing, Liu Yanan
NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) Sandra Lindsay, an ICU nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, New York, was among the first Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in a non-trial setting on Monday morning. This is what heroes look like, said Governor Andrew Cuomo, adding in his tweet, HISTORY. The first New Yorker, frontline nurse Sandra Lindsay, has been vaccinated. Healing is coming.
Shortly before 9:30 a.m. local time, Northwell Health Director of Employee Health Services Michelle Chester administered the vaccine to Lindsay, a front-line health care worker eligible to receive the vaccine under Phase 1 of New York s Vaccine Distribution Plan, according to an official release issued on Monday.
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