Dr. Michelle Chester holds a vial of the Covid-19 vaccine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, on December 14, 2020 in the Queens borough of New York. (Photo by Mark Lennihan / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MARK LENNIHAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) PHILADELPHIA - Some Philadelphia hospitals have received their first doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, just days after it was approved for emergency use.Shipments of precious frozen vials of vaccine made by Pfizer Inc.
and its German partner BioNTech began arriving at hospitals around the country Monday.Doctors at Philadelphia's Einstein Medical Center have confirmed the first doses of the vaccine arrived there late Monday morning.Last week, Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr.