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The most extensive vaccination effort in U.S. history was launched Monday morning when the first doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine were administered after being cleared for emergency use, a landmark moment that officials They expect it to usher in the end of the US coronavirus outbreak infecting 16.2 million and killing nearly 300,000.
Dr. Michelle Chester Prepares to Administer COVID-19 Vaccine at Long Island Jewish Medical … [+]
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Sandra Lindsay, an intensive care nurse who treats coronavirus patients at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is believed to be one of the first Americans to receive the vaccine.
While individual states will determine how the assigned vaccine doses will be distributed, the general consensus is that front-line medical workers and nursing home residents will be among the first to get vaccinated.
Sandra Lindsay, left, a nurse at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is vaccinated with COVID-19 … [+]
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Chester holds up a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Lindsay rubbed shoulders with hospital publicist Joseph Kemp in celebration after receiving the … [+]
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Lenox Hill Hospital President of Emergency Medicine Yves Duroseau receives COVID-19 vaccine from … [+]
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Nurse Annabelle Jimenez, left, congratulates Lindsay after she was injected with COVID-19 … [+]
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A view of the press gathered to observe the first doses of coronavirus vaccine administered in New … [+]
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Richard Guarino, Associate Director of Supply Chain Operations at BMC, Delivers Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine … [+]
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Colleen Teevan, Clinical Manager of System Pharmacy at Hartford HealthCare, manages the … [+]
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Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear greets UPS driver Byron Bishop at the University of Louisville … [+]
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Dr. Valerie Briones-Pryor was one of five Louisville Hospital staff to receive the coronavirus vaccine. … [+]
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Dr. Jason Smith shows off his bandage after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine at the University of … [+]
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Nurse Vanessa Arroyo receives Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from Nurse Rafael Martinez on Monday in Tampa … [+]
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, left, accepts the state’s first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine with the … [+]
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Ohio State Employee Stacey Boyer, left, receives a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from Kelli … [+]
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