and last updated 2020-12-17 19:07:31-05
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Some of the first doses of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine were administered Thursday morning to front-line health care workers at hospitals across Tennessee.
Tennessee received its first batch of the Pfizer vaccine earlier this week but didn t start its rollout at hospitals until Thursday. Front-line health care workers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center were among those to receive the first doses.
At Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford, Dr. David Sellers, chief of staff for the hospital, was the first person to be vaccinated at that hospital. While Dr. Jeff Mason, an infectious disease specialist, was the first to receive the vaccination at Ascension Saint Thomas West.