COVID-19 vaccine begins arriving in the District
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DC includes Fire & EMS in first round of vaccines
Mayor Muriel Bowser announced today that D.C. Fire & EMS members will be among the first to receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in the District. Five volunteers have been selected to be the first candidates on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - The first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the United States overnight – and it has been sent to several locations in the District.
The District will receive 6,825 doses of the vaccine during the initial allotment.
Six sites throughout the District will receive that initial allotment: Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Howard University Hospital, The George Washington University Hospital, Children's National Hospital, Kaiser Permanente and Medstar Georgetown University Hospital.