First Memphis vaccinations administered
Dr. Aileen Gayoso receives a COVID-19 vaccine from Demetria Dandridge at Methodist University Hospital on Thursday, Dec. 17. Gayoso was among the first frontline workers in Tennessee to get the vaccine on the first day it was available to hospitals in the state. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Ptosha Jackson (left) receives the Pfizer vaccine from her supervisor, Kathy Barnes, at Methodist Le Bonheur Hospital-Germantown on Thursday, Dec. 17. “I didn’t imagine my supervisor would be giving me my vaccine,” Jackson said. “But she knew I wanted to be an example. ‘Let’s do this together.’ ” (Jane Roberts/Daily Memphian)
Nakesha Laffey gets a COVID-19 vaccine at Baptist Memorial Hospital Dec. 17, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Sterling Torian vaccinates Chelsea Mitchell at Methodist University Hospital Dec. 17, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Methodist University Hospital doctors and nurses were among the first to get the COVID-19 vaccines in Tennessee the morning of Dec. 17, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Marilyn Davis, a Baptist employee who was the first person in Shelby County to be diagnosed with COVID-19, is among the first people in Tennessee to get a vaccine at Baptist Memorial Hospital Dec. 17, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Sterling Torian takes a picture of one of the first COVID-19 vaccinations administered in Tennessee at Methodist University Hospital Hospital Dec. 17, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The first rounds of the COVID-19 vaccines were administered in Memphis at Methodist University Hospital Dec. 17, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Methodist-Germantown Hospital president says, “This is the moment we stop this. It is one of those moments I will never forget.”
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Methodist Le Bonheur Hospital-Germantown coronavirusJane Roberts
Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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