Health Care Officials React To The First COVID-19 Vaccinations In Chicago

By Stephanie Kim, Aleezeh Hasan, Bianca Martin, Daniel Tucker
Virus Outbreak Vaccine Chicago
Elizabeth Zimnie, an ER nurse at Norwegian American Hospital, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine administered by Dr. Abha Agrawal, chief medical officer at Norwegian American Hospital, at Loretto Hospital in Chicago on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune via AP
Virus Outbreak Vaccine Chicago
Elizabeth Zimnie, an ER nurse at Norwegian American Hospital, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine administered by Dr. Abha Agrawal, chief medical officer at Norwegian American Hospital, at Loretto Hospital in Chicago on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune via AP

Health Care Officials React To The First COVID-19 Vaccinations In Chicago

By Stephanie Kim, Aleezeh Hasan, Bianca Martin, Daniel Tucker
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Reset checks in with healthcare officials from two Chicago hospitals to learn more about the distribution of the new COVID-19 vaccine.

GUESTS: Dr. Nikhila Juvvadi, chief clinical officer at Loretto Hospital

Dr. Vineet Arora, associate professor of medicine at UChicago