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First allotment on Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Mississippi
First allotment on Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Mississippi By Courtney Ann Jackson | December 14, 2020 at 7:46 PM CST - Updated December 14 at 9:00 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The COVID-19 vaccine distribution is officially underway in Mississippi. State health leaders were the first to receive the vaccinations this afternoon.
State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs was the first person in the state of Mississippi to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. “Felt like a butterfly,” said Dobbs. “A little bit of a sting. not bad.”
The first five to receive the vaccine in the state were Dobbs, State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers, MSDH Health Protection Director and Senior Deputy Jim Craig, Community Health Center Association of Mississippi RN Sonja Fugua and Dr. Leandro Mena, University of Mississippi Medical Center Professor of Population Science and Professor of Medicine.