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Photos: First Americans roll up sleeves for COVID-19 vaccines

Frontline healthcare workers have been given priority for the first doses of the vaccine

Published: December 22, 2020 07:42 Reuters and Compiled by Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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20201222 joe biden — US President-elect Joe Biden received a COVID-19 vaccine live on television at ChristianaCara Christiana Hospital in Newark in a campaign to boost Americans’ confidence in the jabs. Image Credit: Reuters

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20201221 pelosi — Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by Dr. Brian Monahan, attending physician of the United States Congress, at the Capitol in Washington. Image Credit: Reuters

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20201222 pence — Vice President Mike Pence receives the COVID-19 vaccine at the White House in Washington. Image Credit: Reuters

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20201222 massachussets 1 — Physician Alister Martin receives one of the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine from RN Jennifer Lisciotti at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Image Credit: Reuters

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20201218 covid-19 2 — Physician Luisa Vera reacts after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine at Indiana University Health, Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. Image Credit: Reuters

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20201221 sandra lindsay — Sandra Lindsay, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the coronavirus vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester from Northwell Health at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York. Image Credit: Reuters

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20201222 frontline workers — Respiratory therapist Benjamin Fuertes (L) and Boston Medical Center Dr. Christopher Manasseh wait to receive a coronavirus vaccine from RN Kayla Johnson at Boston Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Image Credit: Reuters

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20201222 new jersey — New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, watches as Maritza Beniquez, RN, reacts to receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine from Ambulatory Care Technician Sady Ferguson at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey. Image Credit: Reuters

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20201211 califronia — Registered nurse Nikki Galanakis, 28, is given the coronavirus vaccine at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, in South Los Angeles, California,. Image Credit: Reuters

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20201218 covid-19 3 — Kayla Johnson, a registered nurse at Boston Medical Center, prepares a coronavirus vaccine for respiratory therapist Benjamin Fuertes at Boston Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts Image Credit: Reuters

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20201220 surgeon — U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams gives the thumbs up as he receives the coronavirus vaccine at the White House in Washington. Image Credit: Reuters

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20201222 joyce — Physician Joyce Limurti, 40, flexes her bicep as she is given the coronavirus vaccine at Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center in Glendale, California. Image Credit: Reuters

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20201222 cheryl — Cheryl Tull (L), Associate Chief Nursing Officer at Boston Medical Center, receives a coronavirus vaccine administered by LPN Eunide Guillet at Boston Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Image Credit: Reuters

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20201222 vaccine — Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar asks Dr. Raymond Pla, an anesthesiologist at George Washington University Hospital, if his vaccination for COVID-19 hurt, in Washington. "Not at all," answered Pla Image Credit: Reuters

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20201222 florida — Medical staff administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. Image Credit: Reuters

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20201222 sheth — Dr. Sheetal Sheth, an OB-GYN and Medical Director for Labor and Delivery at George Washington University Hospital, is vaccinated for COVID-19 by nurse Lillian Wirpsza in Washington. Image Credit: Reuters

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20201222 jimenez — Nurse Annabelle Jimenez, congratulates nurse Sandra Lindsay after she is inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine, at Northwell Health at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York. Image Credit: Reuters

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