“Hospital workers, Cuomo’s people. That health workers in high-risk positions would go first was a common point of agreement through much of the country. Hospitals, with their ability to store vials at subzero temperatures, were prioritised to get the first doses of the vaccine from Pfizer. On Tuesday, Dr Marina Del Rios, an emergency department physician at University of Illinois Health, was the first person vaccinated in Chicago. Stephanie Cal, a critical care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, got a call Sunday night to see if she wanted to be among the first five employees to get a shot.

Source: bd News24 December 16, 2020 06:00 UTC