Roper St. Francis Healthcare worker receives hospitalâs first COVID-19 vaccine dose
VIDEO: Roper St. Francis Healthcare worker receives hospitalâs first COVID-19 vaccine dose By Patrick Phillips | December 15, 2020 at 3:31 PM EST - Updated December 15 at 9:19 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A health care worker with 45 years of service at Roper St. Francis Healthcare became the first health care worker at that facility to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday afternoon.
Earl Jackson, 69, received the vaccine to a round of applause.
He said he learned earlier on Tuesday that he would be the first to receive the vaccine. He encouraged others to get the vaccine when it becomes available.