First COVID-19 vaccines in Utah given to hospital workers
Utah s first COVID-19 vaccine doses were given to frontline health care workers Tuesday.
and last updated 2020-12-16 00:37:49-05
SALT LAKE CITY â On Tuesday, more than 100 healthcare workers received the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination in Utah.
Christy Mulder, the first, took time out of her busy shift at University of Utah intensive care unit to get the vaccine.
âIt feels like a weight has been lifted off,â she said.
The last few weeks have been extremely tough for healthcare workers helping a record number of hospitalized patients. Referral ICU capacity reached over 100 percent.
âAn overwhelming dayâ as health care workers receive Utahâs first doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Receiving the vaccine, one nurse said, âis going to help me treat my patients with more kindness and hope.â
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nurse Sophie Woodbury, state epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn, and nurses Monte Roberts, Amanda Vicchrilli and William Brunt pose for a photo after the first Covid-19 vaccines were administered to the four nurses at LDS Hospital, on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. | Updated: Dec. 16, 2020, 3:05 p.m.
Intensive care unit nurse Christy Mulder became the first Utahn to receive a shot of COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, as health care workers were at the front of the line for the stateâs first shipments.
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SALT LAKE CITY The COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Utah, with hospital health care workers now set to receive the first doses Tuesday at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City.
Monday morning, after the first shipments to Utah were delivered to LDS Hospital and Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, Intermountain Healthcare officials said it would take until Wednesday before any shots would be administered because of the time needed to schedule appointments and prepare staff.
But by Monday evening, Intermountain Healthcare issued a statement saying “thanks to progress in scheduling caregivers on Monday, the vaccine team was able to push that up and will begin vaccinations on Tuesday.” A virtual news conference has been scheduled for 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, after the vaccines have been given.
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