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Yahaira Alicea, left, a respiratory therapist who treated the first two COVID-19 patients hospitalised in Puerto Rico, receives a vaccine in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Tuesday, December 15. Alicea has become the first person in the US territory to be vaccinated against the virus. Photo: Associated Press/Carlos Giusti. ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico A respiratory therapist who treated the first two COVID-19 patients hospitalised in Puerto Rico became the first person in the US territory to be vaccinated against the virus on Tuesday.
Yahaira Alicea had treated an Italian couple who visited the island aboard a cruise ship in March. The woman later died. Alicea said it was a fearful moment for her that wore her down physically and emotionally as she urged everyone to get vaccinated.
Respiratory therapist receives Puerto Rico s 1st vaccine
by DáNica Coto, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 15, 2020 5:50 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 15, 2020 at 5:56 am EDT
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico A respiratory therapist who treated the first two COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Puerto Rico became the first person in the U.S. territory to be vaccinated against the virus on Tuesday.
Yahaira Alicea had treated an Italian couple who visited the island aboard a cruise ship in March. The woman later died. Alicea said it was a fearful moment for her that wore her down physically and emotionally as she urged everyone to get vaccinated.
Respiratory therapist who treated Puerto Rico s first 2 Covid cases gets vaccine shot
Respiratory therapist who treated Puerto Rico s first 2 Covid cases gets vaccine shot
Respiratory therapist Yahaira Alicea became the first person in Puerto Rico to be vaccinated against Covid-19 on Tuesday. She treated the first two patients hospitalised for Covid in the island nation.
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UPDATED: December 15, 2020 17:38 IST
Yahaira Alicea was immunized a day after FedEx planes carrying more than 16,500 Pfizer vaccine doses landed in Puerto Rico. (Photo: AP)
A respiratory therapist who treated the first two Covid-19 patients hospitalized in Puerto Rico became the first person in the US territory to be vaccinated against the virus on Tuesday.
DáNica Coto
Yahaira Alicea, left, a respiratory therapist who treated the first two COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Puerto Rico, receives a vaccine in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Alicea has become the first person in the U.S. territory to be vaccinated against the virus. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti) December 15, 2020 - 4:27 PM
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A respiratory therapist who treated the first two COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Puerto Rico became the first person in the U.S. territory to be vaccinated against the virus on Tuesday.
Yahaira Alicea had treated an Italian couple who visited the island aboard a cruise ship in March. The woman later died. Alicea said it was a fearful moment for her that wore her down physically and emotionally as she urged everyone to get vaccinated.