“I believe in the vaccine, and that’s why I’m getting it today,” Chief Donnelly said. “This is a great first step toward our recovery.”
Six health facilities received the city’s initial allotment of 6,825 doses of drugmaker Pfizer’s two-dose vaccine earlier this week.
The federal government is sending 4,875 more doses of the Pfizer vaccine next week, according to Dr. Nesbitt.
Additionally, the first round of the two-dose vaccine from biotech firm Moderna could arrive in the city by next week, if the Food and Drug Administration grants emergency use authorization.
Both Virginia and Maryland are sending 8,000 doses to the District to help vaccinate the more than 85,000 health care workers and first responders who work in the city but do not live in it.