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New York nurse becomes first US citizen to receive COVID-19 vaccine as largest rollout in country s history begins Frontline nurse Sandra Lindsay was administered the shot developed by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech, in Long Island Jewish Medical Center, in Queens on Monday. FP Staff December 14, 2020 22:48:15 IST Sandra Lindsay, left, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester, Monday, 14 December in the Queens borough of New York. AP
A critical care nurse became the first person to be administered a vaccine against COVID-19 on Monday as the biggest vaccination drive in American history got underway.
The US has started COVID-19 vaccinations this morning: after the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the FDA on Friday.
Sandra Lindsay, an ICU nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, New York, was vaccinated at earlier this morning.
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Sandra Lindsay, an ICU Nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, became the FIRST AMERICAN to get vaccinated in a non-trial setting.
The FDA granted the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine EUA in the US on Friday: making it the first COVID-19 vaccine to be authorized in the country. The vaccine was first authorized in the UK on December 2, with vaccination commencing there last week. Pfizer and BioNTech are now working on gathering other regulatory approvals around the globe: Singapore today became the first Asian country to give the jab the green light.
The director of critical care at Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJ) in Queens has become the first person in the United States to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in a non-trial setting.
Sandra Lindsay, RN, received the vaccine just after 9 a.m. Monday as Gov. Andrew Cuomo looked on from Albany via livestream.
Sandra Lindsay, ICU Nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens Receives First Vaccine in Nation.
This morning, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo watched virtually as Dr. Chester administered the vaccine to Ms. Lindsay, a front-line health care worker eligible to receive the vaccine under Phase 1 of New York s Vaccine Distribution Plan.
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