Historic Turn in Pandemic with First Vaccinations at UConn Health
UConn Health received its first shipment of nearly 1,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer, just FDA-approved for emergency use authorization.
UConn Health emergency department physician Dr. Alise Frallicciardi receives one of the first COVID-19 vaccines from staff nurse Jennifer Pickert. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health photo) Copy Link
This morning UConn Health received its first shipment of nearly 1,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer, just FDA-approved for emergency use authorization. The COVID-19 vaccine’s arrival led to today’s historic milestone of the first vaccinations of more than three dozen UConn Health front line clinical care workers at the Outpatient Pavilion.