UW Health Receives First Shipment Of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine

MADISON, WI—On Monday morning, UW Health received its first doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. The vaccine shipment was transported to ultra-cold storage freezers, to be stored for distribution. UW Health will be serving as a regional distribution hub for the Pfizer vaccine, according to a news release.

On Monday afternoon, the first UW Health employees will receive the vaccine, following federal and state guidelines to begin vaccinating frontline healthcare workers, the release said.

UW Health is the health system of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has more than 1,750 doctors and 21,000 staff at seven hospitals and more than 80 outpatient sites, according to its website.

Shipments of precious frozen vials of vaccine made by Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech began arriving at hospitals around the country Monday. Wisconsin expected to receive about 65,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week and next, according to an Associated Press report.

Reporting and writing from The Associated Press was used in this report.