AP Medical Writer Sandra Lindsay, left, an intensive care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, becomes the first person in New York state to receive the new Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a live conference with Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday morning. Doctor Michelle Chester of Northwell Health, right, administers the vaccine.
(Scott Heins/Office of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo) Doctor Michelle Chester, of Northwell Health in Queens, prepares to administer the first coronavirus vaccine in New York state on Monday morning.
(Scott Heins/Office of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo) Doctor Michelle Chester, of Northwell Health in Queens, prepares to administer the first coronavirus vaccine in New York state on Monday morning.
Is the COVID-19 positivity rate finally stabilizing in Kentucky?
Gov. Andy Beshear confirmed mitigation efforts have stopped the growth of the virus as numbers are continuing to decline for a second week in a row. The positivity rate is currently at 8.58%
“What we are seeing is that the measures we have taken are working,” Beshear said. “We have stopped the increase in cases, which we knew we had to do before we can start to decrease those numbers. Let’s all commit to doing what we know is right – wearing masks, social distancing, washing our hands and limiting our holiday gatherings – so we can beat this virus once and for good.”
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The United States has already reached around 300,000 deaths due to pandemic.
Proclaimed critical care nurse Sandra Lindsay said that she was relieved after being the first to be vaccinated at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York, as reported by the Associated Press. Lindsay added that she feels like healing is coming.
In Ohio, the state has already started giving initial injections to workers at Ohio State University s Wexner Medical Center.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis personally open the delivery door to the FedEx driver and signed for a package containing 975 frozen doses of vaccine manufactured by Pfizer Inc. and its partner German firm BioNTech.
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