Pence, along with his wife Karen Pence and Surgeon General Jerome Adams, each rolled up their sleeves for the vaccine developed by Pfizer and German partner Beyond Tech, which the Food and Drug Administration authorized for emergency use a week ago.

I didn't feel a thing well done.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi also received the vaccine Friday, posting images of her inoculation to Twitter.

The US pressed on with its initial immunization rollout Thursday, bringing a small sense of relief to health workers around the country as hospitals continue to contend with an unrelenting coronavirus surge.

Justin SH as a Cat, a respiratory therapist at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood, California, was among the first frontline workers to receive the Pfizer beyond tech coronavirus vaccine.

It's been hard, you know, there's a lot going on.

It's the it's been really tough on the staff here.

It's it's just continuing to get worse and worse every day, so it's just a small beacon of hope for the future.

Um, it's a small step towards normalcy.

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Hospitalizations have set a new record on each of the past 20 days, approaching 114,000 on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally.

This as the nation awaits the arrival of nearly six million doses of a new coronavirus vaccine, which could hit hospitals in a matter of days.

The modern A vaccine has less demanding cold storage requirements and the Pfizer beyond text shot, making it a better option for remote and rural areas.

Both vaccines require two doses given three or four weeks apart for each person inoculated.

The positive vaccine news comes as the pandemic rages throughout the country.