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Leaders question delay in Tennessee vaccine distribution By Kendall Downing | December 16, 2020 at 6:59 PM CST - Updated January 12 at 12:29 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Weâve watched Mid-South health care workers in Arkansas and Mississippi get vaccinated. Finally Wednesday, the first shot was given in Tennessee.
Our Nashville affiliate WSMV-TV reported the cityâsâ Clinical Research Associates has been running a Pfizer vaccine trial since August, and they were given the approval to un-blind their patients.
Dr. William Polk, a surgeon, was the first patient identified as meeting the criteria to get the vaccine and is the first known person to receive the vaccine in Tennessee, as hospitals still wait for their shipments.
Hope & light at the end of the tunnel | First Baptist DeSoto Hospital workers receive COVID-19 vaccine
Frontline doctors and nurses are hopeful and reflective after a long year of COVID-19 care and increased capacity strain. Author: Brad Broders Updated: 6:12 PM CST December 16, 2020
SOUTHAVEN, Mississippi There s hope after plenty of heartache, after the first COVID-19 vaccinations Wednesday for frontline medical workers Baptist DeSoto Hospital.
One of the first to roll up her sleeves was ICU Nurse Manager Wanda Grayson, who also felt a heavy heart. The number of deaths have been hard, Grayson said. Seeing patients die without family members being able to be at their side.
Doctors in Memphis metro area receive coronavirus vaccine
Baptist DeSoto Healthcare workers receive vaccine By Kelly Roberts | December 16, 2020 at 5:22 PM CST - Updated January 12 at 12:37 PM
âI feel good about it,â said Baptist Desoto Oncologist Dr. Muhammad Mirza. âIn fact, this may be the best shot of any vaccine Iâve gotten in my life. Better than the flu shot.â
Baptist DeSoto receives COVID-19 vaccine
With only a few seconds and what he considered a nearly painless shot, Dr. Muhammad Mirza was one of the first of the staff to get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday. Mirza was able to be vaccinated because of his work with COVID-19 patients and immunocompromised patients.
Baptist DeSoto preps for first vaccines
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shipped to Mississippi hospitals By Kelly Roberts | December 15, 2020 at 5:36 PM CST - Updated January 12 at 1:05 PM
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (WMC) - The COVID-19 vaccine continues to make its way across the Mid-South. On Tuesday, Baptist DeSoto in Southaven received its first doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
Baptist DeSoto receives COVID-19 vaccine
Just before lunchtime Baptist DeSoto received 975 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for healthcare workers. The vaccine distribution plan in Mississippi looks a lot like the one in Tennessee-healthcare workers most likely to be in contact with COVID-19 positive patients will receive the vaccine first.