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Moving scenes show the first coronavirus vaccine in the US being administered to healthcare workers across the country
Moving scenes show the first coronavirus vaccine in the US being administered to healthcare workers across the countryhttps://www.businessinsider.in/science/news/moving-scenes-show-the-first-coronavirus-vaccine-in-the-us-being-administered-to-healthcare-workers-across-the-country/slidelist/79776239.cms2020-12-17T14:22:46+05:30
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Moving scenes show the first coronavirus vaccine in the US being administered to healthcare workers across the country
Lauren FriasDec 17, 2020, 14:22 IST
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Healthcare workers administered shots to their colleagues across the nation this week, beginning the next long-awaited phase of the pandemic since it began in March.
Courtesy Atrium Health
Atrium Health s Medical Director of Infection Prevention Dr. Katie Passaretti was the first to get the shot in North Carolina, Atrium said Monday. I just got my first COVID vaccine, Passaretti said. I feel perfectly fine.
UPDATE: Atrium Health s Medical Director of Infection Prevention Dr. Katie Passaretti just became the first person in North Carolina to be vaccinated for COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/Le2D1iqFR2 Atrium Health (@AtriumHealth) December 14, 2020
Describing how she felt Monday, Passaretty said, Just a moment of hope, a moment of potential for change of the course that we re on with the pandemic right now. I couldn t be more excited.