By Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter
Fort Bragg, N.C. Soldiers lined up in Womack Army Medical Center on Thursday to get their first dose of coronavirus vaccine.
The hospital on Fort Bragg got its first shipment of Pfizer s vaccine through the Department of Defense on Tuesday and quickly put it in ultra-cold freezers for storage. As soon as the truck hit the back door, we are trying to move the product from the back door to the freezer in less than five minutes, said Darrell Hamilton, vaccine distribution manager at Womack.
The first doses were given to front-line medical workers on Tuesday, and they are now administering the vaccine to others. Fort Bragg is responsible for vaccinating about 250,000 soldiers, family members, federal civilian employees and retirees.