COVID-19 Vaccine Has Arrived At Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Packed in dry ice, the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine to Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton arrived on Wednesday, Dec. 16, and will administered to front-line staff beginning on Thursday.
Source: Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Editor’s Note: Cooley Dickinson Hospital announced yesterday, Dec. 16, on its website that it has received a shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. The following text is from Cooley’s Dickinson’s press release.
Cooley Dickinson Hospital received its initial allotment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and will begin vaccinating front-line health care workers – staff in the Emergency Department, ICU, and those who are providing care to COVID-positive patients – on Thursday, Dec. 17.
“I am so proud of Cooley Dickinson’s health care providers and all the selfless ways they have cared for our community over the last 9 months of this pandemic,” said Cooley Dickinson Chief Medical Officer Dr. Estevan Garcia.
“By enthusiastically receiving the COVID vaccine, our staff and clinicians are again thinking of our community and wanting to slow the spread of the coronavirus,” he said.
“The vaccine is promising, and as the vaccine becomes more available and widely administered in 2021 I am hopeful more people will be protected from COVID.”
Garcia added, “we are not out of the woods yet. I encourage everyone to continue to follow the public health guidance: wear masks whenever they are outside of their homes and physically distance; and resist the temptation to gather and socialize during the upcoming holidays. These are things that help mitigate against disease transmission. We just need to hold on a little bit longer.”
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