The first shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has arrived at UW-Health, officials said Monday.
By: TMJ4 Staff, Tony Atkins
Posted at 9:32 AM, Dec 14, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-14 22:15:41-05
MADISON â The first shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has arrived at UW-Health, officials said Monday.
SOURCE: UW Health
SOURCE: UW Health
UW-Health said it had received the first vaccine shipment Monday morning, after emergency approval by the FDA over the weekend.
The first people to receive the vaccine will be UW-Health employees.
Cheers erupted at UW Health on Monday as respiratory therapist Tina Schubert was the first employee to get the vaccine at 2:30 Monday afternoon.
By Jamie Perez
Dec 15, 2020 1:51 PM
MADISON, Wis. The first healthcare workers at UW Health to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Monday described the experience as surreal.
“I couldn’t believe how excited I was to get a shot,” said Dr. Ann Sheehy.
Sheehy was one of the first people to get the vaccine and said she didn’t expect it to be such an emotional experience.
“We have seen so much suffering and loss and devastation due to this pandemic and really nothing we’ve seen so far has slowed the growth and the cases of COVID and the number of people who have lost their lives to COVID. This was our hope,” Sheehy said. “This is the one thing we believe is going to get COVID under control and end the pandemic.”
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December 14, 2020
UW Health received its first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine the morning of Monday, Dec. 14. The eagerly awaited vaccine shipment was transported to ultra-cold storage freezers and UW Health will manage distribution. By early afternoon, the first doses were given to frontline medical personnel. 1 Amy Schultz and Andrea Wipperfuth of UW Health Ambulatory walk the package containing the COVID-19 vaccine down the hall shortly after its arrival. Photo by John Maniaci, UW Health 2 Elise Balzer from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention documents that the box containing the vaccines arrived intact. Photo by John Maniaci, UW Health