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Total U.S. coronavirus deaths reported each morning this week: Monday,
299,181; Tuesday, 300,482.
For nearly a third of a million people in the United States who have died from COVID-19 this year and the tens of thousands in this country destined to become fatalities before the coronavirus is in the past, Monday’s cheering for a vaccine cure came too late.
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The Pfizer vaccine, which has shown 95% efficacy, was approved by the US drug regulator last week. Dec 14, 2020 · 09:57 pm A healthcare worker in New York is inoculated with the Pfizer vaccine against coronavirus on December 14. | Brendan Mcdermid/ Reuters
A critical care nurse in New York on Monday became the first American to get a shot of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, days after it was authorised by the United States Food and Drug Administration, reported CNN.
Sandra Lindsay, an intensive care unit nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, New York City, was administered the vaccine during a live video event. Dr. Michelle Chester, the corporate director of employee health services at Northwell Health, delivered the shot.
COVID-19 vaccine begins arriving in the District
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DC includes Fire & EMS in first round of vaccines
Mayor Muriel Bowser announced today that D.C. Fire & EMS members will be among the first to receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in the District. Five volunteers have been selected to be the first candidates on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - The first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the United States overnight – and it has been sent to several locations in the District.
The District will receive 6,825 doses of the vaccine during the initial allotment.
Six sites throughout the District will receive that initial allotment: Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Howard University Hospital, The George Washington University Hospital, Children s National Hospital, Kaiser Permanente and Medstar Georgetown University Hospital.
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