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Nurse gets New York's 1st Covid-19 vaccine as US rollout begins
NEW YORK : New York on Monday inoculated its first healthcare worker, an intensive care unit nurse in Queens, with the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, marking a pivotal turn in the US effort to control the deadly virus.Sandra Lindsay, an ICU nurse, was given the vaccine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, New York, an early epicenter of the country's COVID-19 outbreak, receiving applause on a livestream with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo."It didn't feel any different from taking any other vaccine," Lindsay said. "I feel hopeful today, relieved.