SLATED FOR ABOUT 2 P.M. REPORTING LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD, TERRELL FORNEY, LOCAL 10 NEWS.
>> Jenise: TERRELL, THANK
YOU.
OUR TEAM COVERAGE WITH LOCAL
10 NEWS REPORTER MADELEINE
WRIGHT.
>> Andrew: LIVE AT JACKSON
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AS THEY
AWAIT SHIPMENTS OF THE
VACCINE.
MADELEINE.
VACCINE. MADELEINE. >> Madeleine: ANDREW AND
JENISE, GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS
SAID THE VACCINE WILL ARRIVE
TOMORROW AND USED TO PROTECT
HEALTH CARE WORKERS ON THE
FRONT END OF THE CRISIS.
MEDICAL PERSONNEL AT JACKSON
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WILL BE
ROLLING UP THEIR LEAVES TO GET
THE CORONAVIRUS SHOT.
THE JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM IS
ONE OF FIVE HOSPITAL GROUPS
SAID TO SET THE V I ALS.
THEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO
HOSPITALS IN MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY.
GMH HAS TRAWL COLD FREEZERS.
FLORIDA IS SET TO RECEIVE
79,400 DOSES BUT THAT NUMBER
IS LESS THAN 1% OF THE STATE’S
POPULATION.
>> A NUMBER OF 179,400 SOUNDS
LIKE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
VACCINE.
THAT IS ACTUALLY VERY LITTLE
COMPARED TO OUR POPULATION.
SO CONSIDERING YOU HAVE TO
GIVE TWO DOSES TO EACH
INDIVIDUAL.
>> Reporter: DUE TO SHORT
SUPPLY, ONLY THE MOST
VULNERABLE CAN GET THE
VACCINE.
CVS AND WALGREEN’S ARE
RECEIVING THE VACCINE AND
RESIDENTS AND STAFF AT
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES CAN
GET IT.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, FLORIDA
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND FLORIDA
NATIONAL GUARD WILL HELP THE
PHARMACIES TO ADMINISTER THE
DOSES IN LONG-TERM CARE
FACILITIES.
BACK OUT LIVE, EVERYONE AT THE
HOSPITAL WHO GETS THE VACCINE
WILL BE GIVEN A SIX-PAGE FACT
SHEET FROM PFIZER THEIR
EXPLAINS THE BENEFITS AND
RISKS OF VACCINATIONS.
TO LEARN MORE OF THE SIDE
EFFECTS OF THE VACCINE, YOU
CAN READ THE FACT SHEET I
POSTED ON MY TWITTER PAGE AT
M. WRIGHT, WPLG.
AND LOOK AT INSTAGRAM AND
FACEBOOK.
MADELEINE WRIGHT, LOCAL 10
NEWS.
>> Jenise: MADELEINE, THANK
YOU.
>>> THE CRITICAL MOMENT WHEN A
CRITICAL CARE NURSE WAS THE
FIRST PERSON IN THE U.S. TO
GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE.
>> Jenise: HAPPENED AT A
MEDICAL CENTER IN QUEENS AND
DAYS AFTER THE FDA AUTHORIZED
IT FOR EMERGENCY USE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Reporter: A ROUND APPLAUSE
IN NEW YORK CITY AS A CRITICAL
CARE NURSE WAS ONE OF THE
FIRST PEOPLE IN THE UNITED
STATES TO RECEIVE THE COVID-19
VACCINE.
>> YOU DIDN’T -- YOU DIDN’T
FLINCH.
I TAKE IT THAT DR. CHESTER HAS
GOOD TOUCH.
>> SHE HAS A GOOD TOUCH AND
DIDN’T PEOPLE ANYTHING.
>> Reporter: THE NURSE SANDRA
LINDSEY WORKS AT LONG ISLAND
MEDICAL CENTER IN QUEENS.
HER VACCINATION
REPRESENTINGING A TURNING
POINT.
>> THIS SAN AMAZING DAY.
A DAY WE HAVE BEEN WAITING AND
PRAYING FOR.
>> Reporter: MORE APPLAUSE
THIS WAREHOUSE AS MANY
CELEBRATE AROUND THE COUNTRY
IN A LANDMARK DAY IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST THE CORONAVIRUS.
THE BOXES SEALED.
AND CONTAINERS WERE LOADED ON
PLANES AS AMERICANS WILL
SOUTHEAST FIRST DOSES OF THE
COVID-19 VACCINE.
FIRST IN LINE, HEALTH CARE
WORKERS, SENIORS AND FIRST
RESPONDERS.
>> WE CAN HAVE EVERY NURSING
HOME PATIENT VACCINATED IN THE
UNITED STATES BY CHRISTMAS.
>> Reporter: PFIZER SHIPPING
2.9 MILLION DOSES TO ALL 50
STATES AND U.S. TERRITORIES.
145 LOCATIONS ARE SET TO
RECEIVE THOSE VIALS TODAY AND
HOSPITALS DON’T KNOW WHEN THEY
WILL PHYSICALLY HAVE THE
VACCINE IN THEIR HANDS.
THEY STAND READY TO GET
NEEDLES INTO ARMS AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
>> THIS YEAR WE WILL HAVE
ABOUT 50 MILLION DOSES
AVAILABLE.
MOST OF HELP THEM HAVE ALREADY
BEEN MANUFACTURED.
>> ARE YOU HAVING FUN TODAY?
>> Reporter: VIDEO OF THE
VIALS RUNNING TO THE HOSPITAL
IN ANN ARBOR.
THE FED EX PLANES WRITING THIS
IS A MAJOR MILE STONE FOR
SCIENCE AND OUR COUNTRY AND
THE COMMUNITY.
THE VACCINE VITAMIN TOOL
ENDING THIS PANDEMIC.
THE U.S. HAVE 16 MILLION
REPORTED CASES AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS REMAIN
100,000 FOR 20 CONSECUTIVE
DAYS.
AND A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE
TUNNEL MANY RECEIVING THE
VACCINE HOPING TO ENCOURAGE
OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.
>> A HISTORIC MOMENT UNLIKE
ANYTHING IN HISTORY TO HAVE
THIS VACCINE.
>> Jenise: PFIZER’S VACCINE
RECEIVED EMERGENCY OPERATION
ON FRIDAY.
MODERNA’S VACCINE IS NOT FAR
BEHIND AND COULD BE APPROVED
FOR EMERGENCY USE BY THIS
FRIDAY.
THE DRUG MAKER SAYS IT EXPECTS
TO HAVE 500 MILLION TO 1
BILLION DOSES OF ITS VACCINE
IN 2021.
>> Andrew: MOMENTSING INTO
TAMPA THE FIRST PERSON WHO
RECEIVED THE PFIZER VACCINE.
A HEALTH CARE WORKER IN THE
HOSPITAL IN TAMPA.
ONCE AGAIN THE FIRST IN
FLORIDA TO GET THE VACCINE.
THE STATE EMERGENCY MAJOR
JERRY MOSKOWITZ TWEETING THE