On the last day of 2020, the island of São Miguel, the most populated of the Azores, received the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in the region. They were prepared at the largest hospital of the archipelago, the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital, in Ponta Delgada, where the Regional Secretary of Health gave a press conference. After, the vaccines were taken to a retirement home for the elderly in Vila Franca do Campo, where nurse Marina Tavares became the first person to be vaccinated in the Azores.
Work published by the newspaper PÚBLICO.
A nurse pushes a cart with a package containing the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines as it arrives at the Divino Espirito Santo Hospital, in Ponta Delgada
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines arrive at the Divino Espirito Santo Hospital, in Ponta Delgada
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines arrive at the Divino Espirito Santo Hospital, in Ponta Delgada
The Regional Secretary of Health, Clélio Meneses, speaks to the media as vaccines arrive
The Regional Secretary of Health, Clélio Meneses, speaks to the media as vaccines arrive
Nurse Marina Tavares, who works at a retiring home in Vila Franca do Campo, was the first person to be vaccinated in the Azores
Nurse Marina Tavares speaks to the media as signs celebrating the day were put on display
A nurse displays the Pfizer-BioNTech bottle
A nurse displays the Pfizer-BioNTech bottle
A nurse displays the Pfizer-BioNTech bottle
A nurse prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
Nurse Marina Tavares gets jabbed
Nurse Marina Tavares shows her vaccination card
Nurse Marina Tavares speaks to the media
Materials being prepared for vaccination
The nurse who applied the jab speaks to nurse Marina Tavares and the Regional Secretary of Health, Clélio Meneses
