NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 14: Doctor Michelle Chester prepares to administer the COVID-19 vaccine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center on December 14, 2020 in New Hyde Park on Long Island, New York.
The first vaccination was administered to Registered NEW YORK - An expert committee put people 75 and older and essential workers like firefighters, teachers and grocery store workers next in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine shot.This comes as a second vaccine began rolling out Sunday to hospitals, a desperately needed boost as the nation works to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control.The developments occurred as the nation seeks to ramp up a vaccination program that only began in the last week and so far has given initial shots to about.