UofL Health marks 3-years after first staff members receive COVID-19 vaccine – WLKY Louisville

UofL Health marks 3-years after first staff members receive COVID-19 vaccine

Updated: 5:19 PM EST Dec 14, 2023

It's been three years since the first people in Kentucky received the COVID-19 vaccine.On Dec. 14, 2020, UofL Health's Chief Medical Officer Jason Smith and four of his colleagues received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. At that time, the hospital system was treating hundreds of patients for the coronavirus.The arrival of the vaccine demonstrated the best of medicine and our commonwealths collaborative spirit, Smith said. For the first time, we had a tool to minimize the spread of COVID-19 in a significant way.Since then, UofL Health has administered more than 170,000 doses of the vaccine, including first, second, third and fourth shots. UofL Health currently has 30 patients who have COVID-19, four of whom are in the intensive care unit.

It's been three years since the first people in Kentucky received the COVID-19 vaccine.

On Dec. 14, 2020, UofL Health's Chief Medical Officer Jason Smith and four of his colleagues received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

At that time, the hospital system was treating hundreds of patients for the coronavirus.

The arrival of the vaccine demonstrated the best of medicine and our commonwealths collaborative spirit, Smith said. For the first time, we had a tool to minimize the spread of COVID-19 in a significant way.

Since then, UofL Health has administered more than 170,000 doses of the vaccine, including first, second, third and fourth shots.

UofL Health currently has 30 patients who have COVID-19, four of whom are in the intensive care unit.

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