Paramedics who treated first COVID case in New Orleans get vaccine
Nelson said about half of the fire department s 575 members have signed up to take the vaccine. The NOPD is working to schedule vaccinations for its officers. Author: Danny Monteverde / Eyewitness News Published: 9:39 PM CST December 24, 2020 Updated: 9:39 PM CST December 24, 2020
NEW ORLEANS Paramedic Zander Schwartz and his partner, Alexia Archaga were the first paramedics who took care of the first known COVID-positive patient in the city.
On Thursday, they were first paramedics to get the Moderna vaccine.
“I was wondering, ‘Am I going to be hospitalized for this? Will it kind of blow over me?’’ Schwartz recalled Thursday, eight months after that happened. “Everything was unknown, so it was very unnerving.”