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Photos: The COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Iowa

Dec. 14, 2020 5:21 pm
About 1,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Monday morning. Within hours, healthcare workers were being vaccinated.
Nurse manager Barbara Schuessler prepares to give a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to physician assistant Nathaniel Shekem at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Staff nurse Rachel Lewis administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to emergency room nurse David Conway at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Conway, who works with COVID-19 patients on a daily basis, was the first individual in Iowa to receive the vaccine. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Staff nurse Rachel Lewis administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to emergency room nurse David Conway at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Conway was the first individual in Iowa to receive the vaccine. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Staff nurse Rachel Lewis draws a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from a vial for a nurse at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are seen ready to be used as healthcare workers receive the first doses of the vaccine at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Pharmacy technician Suzanne Eagan shakes a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine before drawing a dose for a healthcare worker at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Staff nurse Rachel Lewis draws a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for a healthcare worker at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Pharmacy technician Suzanne Eagan draws a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from a vial at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Nurse Seth Jackson receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from staff nurse Rachel Lewis at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Pharmacy technician Suzanne Eagan draws a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from a vial at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Staff nurse Rachel Lewis administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to clinical pharmacist Anne Zepeski at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Syringes are seen prepared along with bandages to give doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare workers at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Staff nurse Rachel Lewis gives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to ultrasound technician Kara Witham at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Nurse manager Barbara Schuessler gives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Dr. Lewis Mann at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Pharmacy technician Suzanne Eagan inspects a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine before drawing a dose for a nurse at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)