The first VA in the country to receive the WWII animal vaccine in Bedford.

V.A. According to the Bedford Healthcare System, a 96-year-old woman in Bedford became the first VA across the country to be vaccinated with the Covit-19 vaccine.

VA reported that the shot was fired at Margaret Clesense at the Community Life Center at the Edith Norse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital on Monday afternoon. Bedford Healthcare System and Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie announced.

WWII’s veteran and Bedford’s V.A. Margaret Clesen, a health care system patient, is the first VA in the country. # COVID19MA Vaccinate today.

Thank you for your service, Margaret. We expect more vaccinations throughout the MA this week and beyond. https://t.co/k4eTRUmlXI

– Charlie Baker (ass Mass Governor) December 14, 2020

.EpteptVetAffairs Managed our first COVID vaccine ABVABedfordHCS Margaret Clesen, a 96-year-old World War II veteran, is a resident of the Community Life Center. We look forward to delivering more vaccines across the VA as soon as possible to further protect # Veterans. # Govt vaccine pic.twitter.com/4GbT4BfQ02

– Secretary Robert Wilkie (ec Seckwilky) December 14, 2020

Charlestown and Somerville resident joined the Women’s Army Auxiliary Force during the former World War, 2015 Boston Globe Article. He served as a clerk in Georgia until the end of the war with basic training.

Veterans Affairs announced last week that the Bedford Center will be one of 37 locations across the country that will be the first to receive the vaccine for residents and health workers. “These sites were selected for their ability to vaccinate large numbers of people and store vaccines at extremely cold temperatures,” the organization said.

Guess what came in the mail today! Yes – that’s it… .Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer. The first health worker vaccinations scheduled for this afternoon! Questions are: https://t.co/MkT0KgSg7J #BeProudBeBedford # Senior # Govit 19 Vaccine pic.twitter.com/srBsoJwSLd

– V.A. Bedford Healthcare System 🩺 (ABVABedfordHCS) December 14, 2020

Andrew Miller, Home Guard at the Environmental Management Service, V.A. The first employee to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Bedford, December 14, 2020 at 12:20 p.m. # Making History pic.twitter.com/EfwIJ0OTox

– V.A. Bedford Healthcare System 🩺 (ABVABedfordHCS) December 14, 2020

Massachusetts, with most of the country, received the first batch of the newly approved Pfizer-Bioentech vaccine on Monday. Boston Medical Center received nearly 2,000 doses in its first delivery, and other hospitals in the state are expecting deliveries this week.

The start of the first phase of the vaccine roll in the Commonwealth country, which is expected to last until February, began on Monday. Charlie Baker’s management said last week that the first priority for exports would be to health workers in the front line and residents of nursing homes and staff and support living facilities. Others in Phase 1 are first responders, those in congregation care organizations such as homeless shelters and prisons, and other health workers.