Dupont Hospital administers 1st COVID-19 vaccines to frontline healthcare workers

Up to 50 frontline healthcare workers are expected to receive the coronavirus vaccination on Friday at Dupont Hospital.

An exciting day at dupont hospital this morning.

The hospital administered it's first round of covid-19 vaccines to frontline healthcare workers.

Fox 55's mallory beard was there to capture the moment many have been waiting for.

Lutheran health network's vishal bhatia says the covid- 19 pandemic has lasted too long.vishal bahtia//lutheran health network, chief medical officer"let's put it with spears and shields and what this give us is an armor truck for our frontline workers to take care of the wounded."

Dupont hospital administered their first round of covid-19 vaccines to frontline health care workers early this morning.

Executive director of operations dusten roe says dupont nurses will vaccinate approximately fifty health care workers today.

Especially those with a high likelihood of contact with covid positive patients.

Dusten roe//exectuve director of operations, dupont hospital"basically hit the ground running, got the tent together, got our health care providers scheduled to get the vaccination."

Nurses administered vaccinations ten minutes apart for social distancing.

Bhatia says the state of indiana has promised an adequate supply of vaccines for all healthcare workers.

"all the workers that are coming in today, we are scheduling them for their second dose in three weeks."

Bhatia says he hopes more vaccines will be available to the public as a whole, but today is a stepping stone.

"what we see is a ray of hope now.

And we feel that our frontline healthcare workers will be protected."in fort wayne' i'm mallory beard.

Fox 55 news.

Doctor vishal bhatia of lutheran health network says vaccines were also administered today at lutheran hospital and kosciusko community hospital.

The next vaccine shipment scheduled to arrive early