LIVE: NYC hospital staffers to be among first Americans to get COVID vaccine

Two staffers from New York City’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center are expected to be among the first Americans to receive jabs of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Monday, December 14. The vaccination is expected to take place during a press conference.

The first three million doses of the vaccine started being distributed across all the 50 states on Sunday. 145 sites - including New York - are scheduled to receive the vaccine on Monday, 425 on Tuesday and 66 on Wednesday.

Most of the first injections are set to be given to high-risk healthcare workers. The vaccine is expected to offer up to 95% protection against COVID-19.