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Watch Pfizer’s COVID vaccine arrive in Worcester at UMass Memorial Health Care
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine arrived in Worcester earlier than anticipated Tuesday morning at UMass Memorial Health Care.
At about 5 a.m., a spokesperson for UMass Memorial shared a photo that showed the expected delivery of the vaccine was 10:30 a.m. By 9 a.m., a FedEx employee rolled a box that contained the vaccine through the hallways of the hospital.
The vaccine is expected to be distributed at the hospital on Thursday to all staff members who work in areas of the hospital system highly exposed to the virus, including the DCU Center field hospital as well as UMass Memorial Medical Center’s coronavirus unit, emergency department and critical care unit.
UMass Memorial Medical Center gets first delivery of COVID-19 vaccine
WORCESTER - The first shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived at UMass Memorial Medical Center Tuesday morning - a couple of hours ahead of schedule - and front-line workers are signing up to get a shot.
“It’s an extremely exciting day in the history of the pandemic but also for UMass Memorial,” said Elizabeth Radigan, director of clinical pharmacy services.
Radigan is the co-leader of the vaccination effort throughout the UMass Memorial Health Care system.
“Hopefully this is the beginning of the end of the pandemic,” Radigan continued.
COVID vaccines arrive in Worcester; health care providers, staff first to be inoculated By Susan E.W. Spencer and Bryan Goodchild
UMass Medical School Communications December 15, 2020
Frontline health care workers employed by UMass Memorial Health Care are among those expected to receive vaccinations against the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 this week, possibly as early as Thursday, Dec. 17. UMass Memorial, along with other hospitals and health care institutions, including long term care facilities, will provide vaccines to staff and care providers according to guidelines issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Vaccination for health care workers isn’t mandatory, but it is “strongly recommended” by UMass Memorial and the commonwealth that frontline caregivers consider getting the vaccination to protect themselves and patients they care for from COVID.