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Elizabeth Warren of Newton Falls, left, receives a Covid-19 nasal swipe administered by the Ohio National Guard Monday in the parking lot of the Parkman Road Plaza
Staff photo / R. Michael Semple
The first COVID-19 vaccinations in Ohio were administered to health care workers Monday, according to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine.
DeWine showed footage of health care workers receiving vaccines at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus and UC Health in Cincinnati during Monday’s coronavirus briefing, the beginning of a process that will last months, at least, DeWine said.
The hospitals received 975 doses to administer.
Medic is first Kenyan to get virus jab in US
HEALTH & SCIENCE
Dr Stella Ogake.
On Monday, as the United States began the long-awaited rollout of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to frontline healthcare workers across states, a Kenyan-born and trained doctor made history as one of the first recipients of the vaccine.
Dr Stella Ogake, received the vaccine at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Centre in Colombus, Ohio, the same facility where she works as a pulmonologist and professor.
In an interview with CNN, Ogake expressed excitement at receiving the Pfizer vaccine, stating that her experience of getting inoculated with the vaccine had been smooth.
AP Medical Writer
Ohio State employee Stacey Boyer, left, receives a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from Kelli Barnes Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
(AP) The biggest vaccination campaign in U.S. history kicked off Monday as health workers rolled up their sleeves for shots to protect them from COVID-19 and start beating back the pandemic a day of optimism even as the nation’s death toll hit a staggering 300,000.
“I feel hopeful today. Relieved,” critical care nurse Sandra Lindsay said after getting a shot in the arm at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York. “I feel like healing is coming.”