“First vaccine administered. Congratulations USA! Congratulations WORLD!” President Donald Trump tweeted.
First vaccine administered. Congratulations USA! Congratulations WORLD!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 1607955899000
A New York City nurse was one of the first people to receive the first dose of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine on Monday morning.
“Today I feel hopeful. Relieved,” said critical care nurse Sandra Lindsay after receiving an injection in her arm at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York.
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“This is the light at the end of the tunnel. But it is a long tunnel,” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said as he watched Lindsay’s vaccination on video.
For healthcare workers who, along with nursing home residents, will be first in line for vaccination, hope is dimmed by the pain and sheer exhaustion of the months spent fighting a coronavirus that still remains. it is increasing in the US and around the world.
“This is mile 24 of a marathon. People are fatigued. But we also recognize that this end is in sight,” said Dr. Chris Dale of Swedish Health Services in Seattle.
Packed in dry ice to stay in deep-frozen temperatures, the first of nearly 3 million doses shipped in staggered batches this week was trucked and flown across the country Sunday from Pfizer’s Kalamazoo, Michigan, factory. Once they reach the distribution centers, each state indicates where the doses go next.
The vaccine, developed by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech, won emergency use approval from federal regulators on Friday after it was found to be 95% effective in preventing disease in a large clinical trial.
Under Operation Warp Speed, a total of 636 hospitals and clinics in every state will receive the vaccine next week.
As of Monday, the United States had recorded 16,286,343 cases and 299,489 deaths from the virus.
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