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With temperatures slightly below freezing, intensive care unit nurse Heidi Kukla, center, sits next to a snow bank as she is injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine outside the Elliot Hospital, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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MANCHESTER An intensive care unit nurse who was the first person to be vaccinated against the coronavirus in New Hampshire said Tuesday she wanted to inspire others to overcome their fears.
Heidi Kukla received her first dose of the vaccine Tuesday, and was quickly followed by four of her colleagues at Elliot Hospital in Manchester.