Tulane doctors receive COVID-19 vaccine
Tulane doctors were some of the first physicians in the country to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, Dec. 16, following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorization for the vaccine on Dec. 11.
The vaccine, by Pfizer/BioNTech, is administered as a series of two doses, three weeks apart, according to the FDA.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, healthcare personnel and long-term facility residents are the first two groups who will receive the first doses of the vaccine.
