New Delhi (NVI): A critical care nurse from New York City became the first person in the United States to get the Covid vaccine shot as the country began with its massive vaccination drive today.
Sandra Lindsay, an ICU nurse at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York, received the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine shot live on television.
The moment was live-streamed with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo also present. After receiving the vaccine shot, Lindsay said, “I feel great. I feel relieved.”
This is what heroes look like.
Sandra Lindsay, an ICU Nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, became the FIRST AMERICAN to get vaccinated in a non-trial setting.
Thank you Sandra and thank you Dr. Michelle Chester. #NewYorkTough pic.twitter.com/g4HGZ3jbGG
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) December 14, 2020
Notably, the US is the worst-affected country by the pandemic in the world with over 2,99,000 people killed so far. Around 35,000 have died in New York City alone.
The biggest vaccination drive in the history of the US started yesterday as trucks carrying Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were pulled out of a Michigan warehouse.
Northwell Health nurse Sandra Lindsay is the first New Yorker to get a coronavirus vaccine #abc7NY pic.twitter.com/r9PBWpXTy1
— Derick Waller (@wallerABC7) December 14, 2020
Under Operation Warp Speed, a total of 636 hospitals and clinics across the states will be delivered the Pfizer vaccines.
Pfizer is expected to deliver an estimated 2.9 million doses this week via UPS and FedEx.
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