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UMass Memorial Medical Center gets first delivery of COVID-19 vaccine
WORCESTER - The first shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived at UMass Memorial Medical Center Tuesday morning - a couple of hours ahead of schedule - and front-line workers are signing up to get a shot.
“It’s an extremely exciting day in the history of the pandemic but also for UMass Memorial,” said Elizabeth Radigan, director of clinical pharmacy services.
Radigan is the co-leader of the vaccination effort throughout the UMass Memorial Health Care system.
“Hopefully this is the beginning of the end of the pandemic,” Radigan continued.
1st Las Cruces shipments of virus vaccine arrive at hospitals, shots given
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico At least 1,300 initial doses of the historic Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine arrived at Las Cruces hospitals on Tuesday morning, according to hospital officials.
Packed in a UPS box with a shipping label that read critical, 975 doses of the vaccine arrived at Memorial Medical Center on Telshor Boulevard about 10 a.m.
Also in Las Cruces, MountainView Regional Medical Center received its initial allotment of 325 doses too, with the first half-dozen vaccine shots being administered shortly after noon.
Additional healthcare workers are earmarked for the rest of the shots to be administered this week in accordance with state health department guidelines.