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Healthcare workers across NJ and Delaware are vaccinated as Philly looks to start vaccinations
PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia officials provide COVID-19 response update as the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine arrived Monday just days after it was approved for emergency use.
Nationwide, shipments of precious frozen vials of vaccine made by Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech began arriving at hospitals.
Philadelphia officials provide coronavirus update
Philadelphia officials provide update on COVID-19 vaccinations citywide.
With a high-five, Dr. Kelly Abbrescia is off with her first round of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
“Everyone in healthcare is exhausted. We are exhausted and the only light at the end of the tunnel is this vaccine to stop this virus,” Dr. Abbrescia stated.
Katie Lannan and Michael P. Norton
State House News Service
BOSTON As the first COVID-19 vaccines began arriving in Massachusetts on Monday, a 96-year-old World War II veteran in Bedford became the first VA patient in the country to get the shot.
The VA Bedford Healthcare system announced the milestone over social media, posting that Margaret Klessens, a resident of the Community Living Center in the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital received the shot at 12:07 p.m.
Andrew Miller, a housekeeper in environmental management service, was the first VA Bedford employee to get the vaccine, at 12:20 p.m.
The recipients of the Bedford VA s first doses are among the initial tier of Americans to receive a COVID-19 vaccine outside of manufacturers trials in the early rounds of a distribution campaign that is set to stretch for months.
The New Normal: Has the arrival, administration of vaccines changed the feeling in hospitals?
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Dec 15, 2020, 11:51am EST
The first coronavirus vaccine was administered in New Jersey this morning, at University Hospital in Newark.
In Connecticut, just nine months and one day after Hartford Hospital admitted its first COVID-19 patient, it administered the state s first coronavirus vaccine to a member of its staff.
And the first COVID-19 vaccine given in the country happend in New York Monday. According to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, 10,000 of New York s health care workers received the vaccine on the first day.
Right now, hundreds of thousands additional health care workers, and nursing home staffers are waiting to get their vaccines.
NYC Sees Post-Holiday Closing; Colorado Toll Rises: Virus Update Bloomberg 12/15/2020 Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) Moderna Inc.’s vaccine was deemed safe by U.S. regulators, clearing the way for a second shot to quickly gain emergency authorization. In Europe, regulators will review Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine earlier than planned amid growing pressure to approve it quickly.
British authorities will hold talks on Christmas coronavirus rules after a surge in infections fueled demands from medical experts to stop households socializing over the holiday. Denmark is extending local lockdowns to the entire country, while Italy’s prime minister is mulling further curbs to slow cases during the festive season.