A health worker in New York City has become the first person in the United States to be vaccinated with the new Pfizer-BioNTech COVID‑19 vaccine.
These marks the beginning of the nationwide rollout of Covid-19 vaccine across the US.
The health care worker has be Identified as Sandra a critical care nurse.
CNN captured the moment live from the hospital in Queens.
During an interview session with the cable network, Sandra said;
“I feel hopeful today, relieved. I feel like healing is coming. I hope this marks the beginning of the end of a very painful time in our country. I want to instill public confidence that the vaccine is safe. We’re in a pandemic and so we all need to do our part to put an end to the pandemic, and to not give up so soon. There’s light at the end of the tunnel but we still need to continue to wear our mask, to social distance. I believe in science. As a nurse, my practice is guided by science, and so I trust that. What I don’t trust is that if I contract Covid, I don’t know how it will impact me or those who I come in contact with. So I encourage everyone to take the vaccine.”
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