The biggest vaccination campaign in US history has begun.

A New York nurse on Monday became the first person to receive the coronavirus vaccine in the United States, the country most affected in total cases and deaths since the start of the pandemic.

It is the vaccine from the Pfizer laboratory, associated with the Germans of BioNTech.

So began the largest vaccination campaign in US history.

Sandra Lindsay, who works at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, said she “feels fine” after the vaccination. “I want to thank all of the frontline workers and all of my colleagues … for doing their job during this pandemic around the world,” he said.

He also expressed his wish that “this marks the beginning of the end of a very painful period”, as reported by the American television channel CNN. “I feel hope today, relief,” he said.

Lindsay thus became the first person to receive the vaccine after approval given by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an organization which indicated that it should be inoculated to them. people over 16 years old.

US President Donald Trump applauded this step through a message posted on his official account on the social network Twitter. “First vaccine given. Congratulations, United States! Congratulations, world!” He said.

For his part, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he believed “this is the weapon that will end the war”. “We have planes, trains, and automobiles running all over the state. We want (the vaccine) to be deployed and deployed quickly, ”he said.

Likewise, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio noted that “it’s going to be a good day.” The shipments are part of an initial batch intended to immunize essential or at-risk people, which includes health workers, the newspaper said. The New York Times.

U.S. authorities have confirmed 16,258,573 cases of the coronavirus to date, with 299,193 deaths and 6,298,082 recovered from COVID-19, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University and published on its website.

Wall Street

Wall Street started with solid increases and the Dow Jones Industrialists, its main indicator, gained 0.72%, driven by the start of vaccinations against the coronavirus in the United States and the hope of a new stimulus plan economic in the country.

Five minutes after trading began, the Dow Jones added 217.06 points, to 30,263.43, while the selective S&P 500 rose 0.67% or 24.54 integers and stood at 3,688 , 00.

For its part, the composite market index of the Nasdaq, in which the main technology companies are listed, rose 0.79% or 97.71 units, to 12,475.58.