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CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens
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ing the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. They HOLIDAYS” 12
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ment in the effort.
The CDC plans to document receipt
he first COVID-19 shots were ad- The government plans to distribute and integrity of the vaccines as they are
ministered by U.S. hospitals Mon- 2.9 million doses to U.S. states during delivered, according to Kristen Nord-
Tday, the initial step in a historic the week ahead, with the Centers for lund, a spokeswoman for the agency. “In
drive to immunize millions of people Disease Control and Prevention recom- addition,” she added, “these visits will
this week as the Pfizer Inc. vaccine is mended that the fi rst shots go to health- allow the government to gather impor-
distributed nationwide. care workers and those in long-term care tant information on the early shipments
facilities, including the nation’s hard-hit so we can continually improve the pro-
In New York, an early epicenter of nursing homes. cess.” Southern Nevada Health Page
the U.S. crisis, critical-care nurse San- District – Holiday Update 10
dra Lindsay received the first shot in “I believe this is the weapon that will Operation Warp Speed, the federal
that state at Long Island Jewish Medical win the war,” said Cuomo, who con- initiative created to develop and distrib-
Center in Queens. Gov. Andrew Cuomo vened an advisory group to indepen- ute COVID-19 vaccines, plans weekly
joined the event via video from his of- dently review the safety of COVID-19 shipments as supplies increase. Another
fice in Albany, thanking the nurse for her vaccines. shot, from Moderna Inc., could be made
work throughout the pandemic. available as soon as the end of this week.
New York isn’t alone in celebrat- Food and Drug Administration advisers
The arrival of the Pfizer-BioNTech SE ing the arrival of the vaccine. In Fargo, are set to review the company’s applica-
vaccine offers a glimmer of hope amid North Dakota, the Sanford Medical Cen- tion on Thursday.
a pandemic that has already seen almost ter received its shipment three hours
300,000 Americans die. About 200,000 earlier than expected on Monday, said Operation Warp Speed officials have
people are testing positive for the virus spokeswoman Angela Dejene. The hos- said 20 million Americans could receive
every day in the nation’s worst surge to- pital plans to give its first shot in the af- the first shot of the two-course vaccines
date. ternoon. by the end of the year.
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