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Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Cleared, to be Distributed to Health Care Workers

Kimberly Paynter
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WHYY
Einstein Medical Center in North Philadelphia.

A Dec. 10 advisory panel vote cleared the path for the FDA to approve Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, and health care workers are first in line to receive it. WHYY's Nina Feldman reports on how many doses local hospitals will get, and how they will decide who's first.

(Original air-date: 12/11/20)

Nina Feldman covers health for WHYY, where her reporting has focused on the opioid epidemic, disparities in health care, and most recently the coronavirus pandemic. Before coming to Philadelphia in 2018, she worked in public radio in New Orleans.