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SALT LAKE CITY An intensive care nurse in Salt Lake City became the first person in Utah to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Utah hospitals began administering vaccinations to front-line healthcare workers with the highest risk of exposure. Hospital leaders expect about a total of 100 doses to be administered across the state on Tuesday.
Virginia s healthcare workers start receiving COVID-19 vaccinations
Virginia s healthcare workers start receiving COVID-19 vaccinations
By: The Associated Press
and last updated 2020-12-16 07:37:42-05
NORFOLK, Va. - Healthcare workers in Virginia started receiving the state s first doses of a coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday, kicking off what is likely to be a months long process of inoculating people from the potentially deadly disease.
Nurse Practitioner and Chief Quality Officer Cassie Lewis was the first to receive the shot in the Bon Secours Health System. A little daunting at first, just because the excitement and the buildup has been so much, but honestly, really exciting. I was glad to be the first, said Lewis. Being able to get it and have a lot of my colleagues who are nurses that were down there with us. When I was able to get it and they were right behind me getting it, it was really exciting. And I think all of us are just thrilled that it s final
December 16, 2020
DANVILLE, Va. – Healthcare workers in Virginia started receiving the state’s first doses of a coronavirus vaccine Tuesday. The shots that were given on Tuesday kicked off what is likely to be a months-long process of inoculating people from the potentially deadly disease.
In Danville and Martinsville, Sovah Health received its first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine through FedEx. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sheranda Gunn-Nolan at Sovah-Danville received the first injection. The shipment size and distribution process was coordinated by the Virginia Department of Health according to federal guidelines.
The Ballad Health system broadcast live video of registered nurse Emily Boucher getting her first shot in an area of southwestern Virginia. Boucher works at Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon. She spoke of COVID-19 patients “who are alone and lonely and scared” and the healthcare workers who sometimes hold up phones to patients’ ears “so they can hear a f
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