Westport first responders start getting COVID-19 vaccine
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First responders in Westport received the first round of the COVID-19 vaccine.Contributed photo /
WESTPORT First responders in town started receiving the COVID-19 vaccine this week, which many saw as an encouraging start to the new year.
“The vaccines are a sign of hope for the local EMS volunteers and staff after ten months of treating the community’s COVID-19 patients,” the Westport Emergency Medical Service said in a news release.
This week’s vaccinations are part of a national roll-out to frontline medical personnel. EMTs and paramedics who serve on Westport’s ambulances, as well as other first responders from the police and fire departments, received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.