First doses of vaccine administered at the University of Kansas

First doses of vaccine administered at the University of Kansas

This week as the covid-19 vaccine arrived in the state of kansas.

Kq2's kilee thomas has more on one of the first hospitals in kansas to see the vaccine.

<<kilee thomas reporting packed in dry ice the pfizer vaccine arrived at the university of kansas health system on tuesday...and it wasn't long for the hospital to have its own history-making moment...pkg: (nats "going to fill a stick and a burn 1,2,3.")a truly momentous day at the university of kansas health system... the first doses of the pfizer covid-19 vaccine going from boxes... (nats of opening box) to frontline health care workers... (nats of cheering) health care workers erupting in applause nine months after the pandemic began... (sot nurse 1: "it's very exciting.") respiratory therapist mary ann copeland ..the first at the hospital to get the vaccine... (sot nurse 1: "everything has its risk its a chance i'm willing to take.")copeland -- like all frontline healthcare workers -- are first in line to get the vaccine because they deal with the deadly virus everyday... (sot nurse 1: "don't have a fear/worked with first patient since day 1."

(sot nurse 2: "for many of us these are the sickest patients we've ever seen.")the pfizer vaccine which is 95 percent effective arrives at a critical time for the country...as the u-s leads the world with more than 16-million cases... (sot nurse 3: "not just a shot of immunization but a shot of adrenaline/next step in things getting better for our country.")unfortunately for more than 300,000 americans the covid-19 vaccine comes too late...and as more pain is likely in the months ahead... the vaccine gives a shot of hope that the beginning of the end of the pandemic is finally here...(sot nurse 2: "so many emotions/joy for first time in a long time.")(sot nuse 1: "game changer/hope more get the shot.")tag:(kilee)those who receive the pfizer vaccine will need a booster shot three weeks later...right now in kansas ...high risk healthcare workers and people living and working in long-term care facilities will be the first to receive doses of the vaccine...kilee thomas kq2 news kansas received more than 23- thousand doses of the pfizer vaccine...the state expects to see almost 50-thousand doses of moderna.missouri should see 51-thousand doses of the pfizer vaccine this week...and more than 105-thousand doses of moderna once its shipped out.

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