Health & Fitness
Worcester Woman Helped Test Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine
Gina Plata-Niño was among 100 volunteers in the vaccine trial at UMass Memorial Hospital.
WORCESTER, MA — There has been a possible major breakthrough in the race for a coronavirus vaccine. The drugmaker Pfizer said its vaccine is 90 percent effective and could be ready for approval in weeks.
“It’s exciting. It’s important for us to make sure this vaccine gets out there,” Gina Plata-Niño of Worcester told WBZ-TV. “Everyone is waiting for it.”
She’s one of more than 100 volunteers who participated in Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine trial through UMass Memorial Hospital in Worcester. More than 43,000 people participated worldwide.
