New York Governor Andrew Cuomo hosted a television update Monday Sandra Lindsay Get one of the first levels COVID-19 Vaccine.
“I believe this is the weapon that will end the war. This is the beginning of the last chapter of the book,” he said, ahead of the public vaccination in New York City.
Lindsay said she felt “confident and relieved” about the shot.
“It doesn’t feel any different than taking any other vaccine,” he told reporters.
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President Trump tweeted the news of the first shot. His administration’s Operation Warp Speed helped accelerate the distribution and production of a vaccine against the epidemic, in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies and distribution networks.
Pfizer’s vaccine has received emergency use approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Moderna has also applied for accreditation for its vaccine and is expected to receive it this week.
The first shipments of Pfizer’s vaccine began arriving in states across the country on Monday, and health workers began receiving their footage hours before it arrived. Cuomo Tweet “Hope is coming” Of the nearly 3 million doses dispatched this week, the first Sunday went by truck and nationwide by air from Pfizer’s Kalamazoo in Michigan to the factory.
“The vaccine only works if people take it,” Guomo said Monday. Experts say at least 75% of people need to be vaccinated to achieve widespread “herd immunity”.
“It’s been a few months since the vaccine hit the mass of the complex. It’s light at the end of the tunnel, but it’s a long tunnel,” Guomo said, urging people to continue to take corona virus protection measures. Wearing masks In the coming holidays.
The next hurdle is to quickly vaccinate not only doctors and nurses, but also dangerous health workers such as hospital guards and food handlers. Second dose Three weeks later.
“We’re in the middle of an uprising, it’s the holidays, and our health workers are working at an extraordinary pace,” said Sue Mashney, chief pharmacist at Mount Sinai Health System in New York City.
Sunday, Cuomo announced There are 5,410 virus-related hospitals reported in the state. Of the 205,250 tests reported yesterday, 10,194 were positive (4.96% of the total), and 106 were fatal.
Cuomo spoke the same day Indoor food The corona virus outbreak in New York City is set to be halted. Indoor food was first banned in New York City after it became a global hub for the virus in the spring. In late September it was allowed to restart at 25% efficiency – which is considered a milestone in the city’s progress against the virus.