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Five Baptist Health Lexington employees receive COVID-19 vaccine on Monday
and last updated 2020-12-15 00:55:15-05
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â Five employees of Baptist Health Lexington received the initial dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Monday.
Yuli Vallaran (intensivist), Linda Sherlock (housekeeper), Mark Spanier (Medical Doctor), Sharon Shireman (ED Patient Care Technician) and one other employee received the vaccination early on Monday afternoon.
The five employees received the first dose of the vaccine roughly five hours after the shipment arrived to the hospital s loading dock at 9 a.m.
âThis is truly a historical day, a turning point in the pandemic,â said William G. Sisson, president of Baptist Health Lexington. âWe know the vaccine is vitally important to getting back to normal, in our facilities as well as the communities.â