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In the United States and Canada, mass vaccination against coronavirus infection began on Monday, December 14.
The first person to receive it in the United States was a New York nurse, Sandra Lindsay, writes DailyMail. The proceedings, overseen by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, was broadcast live. (to see the video, scroll the page to the end).
The woman noted that the COVID-19 vaccine was no different from any other. “I hope this marks the beginning of the end of a difficult period in our history,” Lindsay said.
In addition, the start of the campaign was commented on by the President of the United States, Donald Trump.
“The first vaccine has been introduced. Congratulations to America and the world,” he wrote in Twitter.
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of coronavirus vaccines from two companies, Pfizer and BioNTech.
As of December 14, there were 16.7 million cases of COVID-19 infection in the United States. At the same time, 9.7 million patients recovered and 306 thousand died.
In Canada, the first to receive the vaccine was Anita Kidangen, a nurse who works in a nursing home in Toronto, notes CBC News.
Besides her, there were four other people on the priority list: personal support workers and two nurses.
In Canada, as of December 14, 464.3 thousand infected were registered, of which 376.2 thousand people recovered. 13.4 thousand patients died.
As a reminder, Pfizer shipped the first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine to the US states on December 13. On December 14, the drug was to be delivered to 145 medical institutions, on December 15 at 425 and on December 16 at 66.
As reported by OBOZREVATEL, on December 14 Canada received the first batch of vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech.
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