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Wanda Reynolds on Thursday became the first staff member at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester to receive the coronavirus vaccine.
A nurse asked the respiratory therapist if she was ready. Reynolds replied, “Yes.” and soon applause filled the room.
The moment was replicated across Massachusetts and the country this week as hospitals began providing the vaccine to employees.
Across town at UMass Memorial Health Care’s university campus, hospital staff also received the vaccine Thursday.
A doctor even tweeted his the excitement of coming out of thursday storm going to work to get vaccinated.
Saint-Vincent Hospital began administering the vaccine on Thursday. Reynolds received his dose shortly after 2 p.m.
The shot was the first of a two-dose vaccine.
Pfizer began shipping the vaccine from its distribution centers on Sunday. The vaccine, which must be stored at ultra-low temperatures, began arriving at hospitals on Monday.
Some state facilities began administering the vaccine the same day it arrived. The VA Bedford Health System provided the first dose vaccine on Monday.
Margaret Klessens, a 96-year-old World War II veteran, became the first patient at a VA hospital in the country to receive a dose of the coronavirus vaccine. She received it Monday at 12:07
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