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.
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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