Front-line nurse first in New York to get COVID-19 vaccine
NEW YORK (AP) — A critical care nurse who has treated COVID-19 patients in hard-hit New York City became the first person in the state to receive the vaccine Monday as part of campaign to inoculate front-line health care workers.
Onlookers applauded after a doctor gave registered nurse Sandra Lindsay the injection at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens.
“I feel hopeful today. Relieved,” Lindsay said after the injection, which was livestreamed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office. “I feel like healing is coming. I hope this marks the beginning of the end of a very painful time in our history.”