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Leaders of Capital Region hospitals gathered at Albany Medical Center Tuesday afternoon to give an update on COVID-19 and vaccine distribution efforts.
Albany Med President and CEO Dr. Dennis McKenna says to date close to a thousand people have been vaccinated on the hospital campus. A little over a week ago five healthcare workers at Albany Med became the first in the region to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. McKenna says the vaccine is safe and effective, and urged everyone to take the shot as soon as it is made available to them. This is the beginning of the end of the pandemic. When enough of us receive our vaccine in the region we can resume life as we knew it.
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Respiratory therapist Jeffrey Rings receives the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine from registered nurse Patricia Meo at Albany Medical Center on Monday.
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ALBANY The first Capital Region resident was vaccinated against COVID-19 on Monday, a major milestone in a pandemic that has killed at least 443 people in the region and altered everyday life for nearly everyone else.
In the space of several hours, Albany Medical Center took delivery of its allotment of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, thawed it from a hundred degrees below zero to room temperature, and began administering it to its employees at greatest risk due either to the nature of their jobs or their own personal health factors.