The first person to receive the COVID vaccine in Newfoundland and Labrador is a registered nurse.
Ellen Foley-Vick received the very first vaccine at MUN’s School of Medicine with Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald administering the shot.
Dr. Jatin Morkar, also on the front lines, received the second vaccine.
Dr. Jatin Morkar, clinical chief with the medicine program, gets the second. @VOCMNEWS pic.twitter.com/GohPjLvc5E
— Brian Callahan (@briancallahan67) December 16, 2020
Meanwhile, the first person to get the COVID vaccine in Nova Scotia…was a Newfoundlander.
Danielle Sheaves, a registered nurse received that province’s first vaccine this morning.
Sheaves is a frontline worker with the Halifax Infirmary.
Premier Furey with first vial. @VOCMNEWS pic.twitter.com/7pxI7ewPVo
— Brian Callahan (@briancallahan67) December 16, 2020