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Whoâs getting stuck first? Vaccine details still unclear as NC hospitals receive first shipments An Atrium Health employee prepares to administer the first dose of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine in North Carolina on Monday, December 14, 2020. (Source: Atrium Health) By Nick Ochsner | December 15, 2020 at 1:32 PM EST - Updated December 16 at 6:27 PM
Just before noon Monday, Dr. Katie Passaretti stood still while a nurse stuck a needle in her arm and injected a dose of cold liquid.
Then Passaretti, the medical director of infection prevention at Atrium Health in Charlotte, stood in front of a cell phone and made a video.
âSo I just got my first COVID vaccine, the first one at Atrium,â Passeretti, donning clear protective eyeglasses and a teal face mask, told the camera. âIt feels perfectly fine.â
âWeâve all been waiting for this time to comeâ: Cape Fear area hospitals prepare for roll out of COVID vaccine
Healthcare workers receive first vaccines today By Emily Featherston | December 14, 2020 at 2:54 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 7:44 PM
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - While they arenât dropping their guard, staff members at Novant Healthâs Brunswick Medical Center are feeling hopeful as they wait for the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to arrive.
âOur health care workers have been hard at this almost 10 months now, at the bedside, worried that they may catch it.take it home to their family,â said Shelbourn Stevens, the hospitalâs president and chief operating officer. âWeâve all been waiting for this time to come for something to get us a light at the end of the tunnel.â