Additional states marked public health milestones on Tuesday after the first coronavirus vaccinations were administered to front-line health care workers.
The first Pfizer jab in New Jersey went to a nurse, Maritza Beniquez, who works in the emergency department at University Hospital in Newark.
It was also her birthday. “I couldn’t wait for this moment,” Beniquez said shortly after her vaccination, per NJ.com. N.J. Gov.
Phil Murphy and his wife, among others, were on site at University Hospital Tuesday morning to observe the first vaccinations in the state. “I barely felt the needle.