MUSC nurse receives Lowcountry's first COVID vaccine dose | News Radio 94.3 WSC
|December 15, 2020 at 5:18 AM EST - Updated December 15 at 9:22 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A pediatric registered nurse at Medical University of South Carolina became the first in the Lowcountry to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday afternoon. Shemika Champion, a pediatric registered nurse, was the first recipient and received her vaccination shortly after 12:45 p.m. “I’m really excited,” she said. “MUSC is like the most cutting-edge, innovative hospital in South Carolina and happy to be a part of it.” Champion told journalists who gathered to document the moment that she...