D.C. region rolls out coronavirus vaccines amid push to reach priority groups
Rebecca Tan, Lola Fadulu and Michael Brice-Saddler, The Washington Post
Dec. 14, 2020
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WASHINGTON - The first doses of a coronavirus vaccine were administered Monday in the Washington region, marking the start of a logistically massive undertaking that officials hope will halt a virus that has infected more than 540,000 residents and killed nearly 11,000 in the area.
Governments and hospitals are hosting events this week to show residents getting vaccinated as part of an effort to foster public trust in the vaccine. D.C., Maryland and Virginia are reserving the first shipments for health-care workers, first responders and nursing home residents.
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: In the last hour, the first coronavirus vaccine administered in the United States was given to a critical care nurse in New York City. Applause broke out as the event was webcast.
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INSKEEP: You can understand the feeling. NPR s Brian Mann is covering the story. Let s go right to it. Brian, who was it that received the vaccine?
BRIAN MANN, BYLINE: Yeah, Steve, it was Sandra Lindsay. She s a critical care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, and she s been one of the folks on the front lines over the last 10 months caring for COVID-19 patients, putting herself at risk. And, yeah, she jumped in. It was a really cool scene. The shot was administered quickly. And what she said was that she s hoping that this will encourage other people to lean in and get vaccinated. She called it a lifesaving treatment. And I should say that federal officials are going to hold a similar kind of ceremonial vaccination later today at George Washington University H
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The first shots were given as the U.S. surpassed 300,000 virus-related deaths. Vaccinations also began in Canada.
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Sandra Lindsay, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester in Queens on Monday.Credit.Pool photo by Mark Lennihan
The first shots were given in the American mass vaccination campaign on Monday, opening a new chapter in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more people in the United States over 300,000 than in any other country and has taken a particularly devastating toll on people of color.
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