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Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar asks Dr Raymond Pla, an anesthesiologist at George Washington University Hospital, if his vaccination hurt, in Washington December 14, 2020. Not at all, answered Pla. Pool pic via Reuters
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WASHINGTON, Dec 15 Pfizer Inc and partners have delivered the first Covid-19 vaccines to 55 locations nationally, or about one-third of the 145 locations targeted to receive doses by early afternoon yesterday, US Army General Gustave Perna said on a call with reporters.
The remaining doses scheduled for Monday delivery are expected to arrive at their destinations by early afternoon, Perna said. He added that severe storms expected in some parts of the country this week could potentially pose challenges to vaccine shipments.
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