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Five healthcare workers at Albany Medical Center became the first in the region to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine Monday at the hospital.
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. On Sunday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially allowed Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to people ages 16 and up.
Albany Medical Center received 975 initial doses of the vaccine Monday morning. Albany Med CEO and President Dr. Dennis McKenna hailed the vaccine as a major step in caring for the community through the pandemic. This is a historic moment for the region, as well as for Albany Med. Do not let yourself be fooled. There is still a tremendous amount of work to be done. So when we look back in history at this date, with a global pandemic, we will say that this was the beginning of the end in the Capital Region.