First coronavirus vaccines roll out as officials share months-long timeline for immunization effort
By Paulina Firozi, Meryl Kornfield and Josh Dawsey The Washington Post,Updated December 14, 2020, 1:43 a.m.
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UPS employees moved one of two shipping containers containing the first shipments of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine across a ramp at UPS Worldport in Louisville, Kentucky, on Sunday.Pool/Getty
WASHINGTON - The first vials of the coronavirus vaccine were shipped Sunday, paving the way for inoculations to begin across the country this week.
Nearly 3 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are expected to arrive at 145 facilities Monday, marking the beginning of a massive logistical effort to stop the rampant spread of the disease covid-19, which has so far killed more than 298,000 Americans. The vaccine against the virus it causes will arrive at nearly 500 additional sites Tuesday and Wednesday.
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