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Yahaira Alicea, left, a respiratory therapist who treated the first two COVID-19 patients hospitalised in Puerto Rico, receives a vaccine in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Tuesday, December 15. Alicea has become the first person in the US territory to be vaccinated against the virus. Photo: Associated Press/Carlos Giusti. ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico A respiratory therapist who treated the first two COVID-19 patients hospitalised in Puerto Rico became the first person in the US territory to be vaccinated against the virus on Tuesday. Yahaira Alicea had treated an Italian couple who visited the island aboard a cruise ship in March. The woman later died. Alicea said it was a fearful moment for her that wore her down physically and emotionally as she urged everyone to get vaccinated. ....