Sites that receive vaccine doses might not start administering them the same day they receive them for a “number of reasons,” Miss Bowser told reporters Monday. She noted that officials don’t know what the next shipments of the vaccine will look like and how much the city will receive for future distribution.
D.C. Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt said Monday that the District is working with Virginia to obtain more vaccines next week for those who reside in Northern Virginia and work in the city. She anticipates receiving about 8,000 more doses from the state and said the city is discussing with Maryland about obtaining more doses.
2020/12/15 13:13 Colleen Teevan, System Pharmacy Clinical Manager at Hartford HealthCare, administers the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 to healthcare worker Con. Colleen Teevan, System Pharmacy Clinical Manager at Hartford HealthCare, administers the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 to healthcare worker Connor Paleski outside of Hartford Hospital, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) Sandra Lindsay, left, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester, M. Sandra Lindsay, left, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, Pool)
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Seattle Fire Dept. paramedic Alan Goto, right, receives one of the first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccinations by registered nurse Allison Miller at UW Medicine, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) December 15, 2020 - 6:24 PM
WASHINGTON - Hundreds more hospitals around the country began dispensing COVID-19 shots to their workers in a rapid expansion of the U.S. vaccination drive Tuesday, while a second vaccine moved to the cusp of government authorization.
A day after the rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech s coronavirus shots, the Food and Drug Administration said its preliminary analysis confirmed the effectiveness and safety of the vaccine developed by Moderna and the National Institutes of Health. A panel of outside experts is expected to recommend the formula on Thursday, with the FDA s green light coming soon thereafter.
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Vaccine rollout was a moment of hope in COVID-19 s darkest days, but experts warn of more dark days ahead Share Updated: 8:28 AM CST Dec 15, 2020 Christina Maxouris, CNN
Vaccine rollout was a moment of hope in COVID-19 s darkest days, but experts warn of more dark days ahead Share Updated: 8:28 AM CST Dec 15, 2020
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Show Transcript a major moment in medical history. Sandra Lindsay and I see you nurse at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center is the first person in New York and among the first in the country to receive the cove in 19 vaccine. I feel great. It doesn t feel any different than the influenza vaccine I take annually. I wanted to do it to inspire people who may be skeptical about taking the vaccine and trust in the signs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the vaccine be given a frontline healthcare workers and people in long term care facilities. First, it it s such a mo
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Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar asks Dr Raymond Pla, an anesthesiologist at George Washington University Hospital, if his vaccination hurt, in Washington December 14, 2020. Not at all, answered Pla. Pool pic via Reuters
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WASHINGTON, Dec 15 Pfizer Inc and partners have delivered the first Covid-19 vaccines to 55 locations nationally, or about one-third of the 145 locations targeted to receive doses by early afternoon yesterday, US Army General Gustave Perna said on a call with reporters.
The remaining doses scheduled for Monday delivery are expected to arrive at their destinations by early afternoon, Perna said. He added that severe storms expected in some parts of the country this week could potentially pose challenges to vaccine shipments.