PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The largest hospital operator in Rhode Island received its initial doses of a coronavirus vaccine on Monday.
Lifespan said it received about 3,000 doses of Pfizer’s vaccine and will begin administering it to health care workers later Monday.
The organization said it would start with those at highest risk, including providers and staff who have direct contact with coronavirus patients or infectious fluids or materials.
Lifespan said its goal is to vaccinate all employees over the next several months.
“We are ready to quickly distribute the vaccine and after long months of battling this pandemic, we have powerful reasons for optimism that the end is in sight,” Timothy Babineau, the organization’s president and CEO, said.
Lifespan operates Rhode Island and Hasbro Children’s hospitals in Providence and Bradley Hospital in East Providence.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently granted emergency use authorization of Pfizer’s vaccine.
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