U.S. Starts Administering Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine to Health Workers

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Selasa, 15 Desember 2020 15:47 WIB

A dose of the Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is prepared at UW Health in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S., December 14, 2020. John Maniaci/UW Health/Handout via REUTERS

TEMPO.CO, Washington - The United States (U.S.) started the rollout of its first COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, December 14, as the first doses were administered to health care workers and nursing home staffers.

A critical care nurse in New York was among the first people in the country to get the vaccine of American drugmaker Pfizer in partnership with German company BioNTech.

Sandra Lindsay, the nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, was administered the vaccine during a live video event.

The rollout came after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the vaccine for emergency use for Americans 16 and older on Friday.

Read: Two U.S. Teenagers Sign Up to Test COVID-19 Vaccine

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