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Dr. Sunil Kumar was the first healthcare worker to be vaccinated last week at Broward Health Medical Center. “So between the Moderna vaccine and the Pfizer vaccine, they should not be any different. In Florida, some 367,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine are expected to ship in the first week, which Florida Gov. A larger number of hospitals can be included in the Moderna vaccine distribution than the first emergency use authorized vaccine by Pfizer. In South Florida, two dozen hospitals are expected to receive the Moderna vaccine next week.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg are joined by Dr. Sunil Kumar, Carlos Migoya, Ana Maria Rodriguez, Ed Pozzouli and Fernand Amandi. The full episode can be seen at the top of this page.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Vaccinations are underway and there is a light at the end of the coronavirus tunnel, but its still a ways away. Shipments of the newly approved Moderna vaccine are on their way, and the first of the Pfizer allotments are in and working for tens of thousands of South Florida medical workers and elderly residents of long term care facilities. At the same time, new cases of COVID-19, hospitalizations and deaths are on the rise. The first doctor to receive the vaccine at Broward Health Medical Center was Dr. Sunil Kumar, a pulmonologist and the hospital’s Chief of Staff. He joined This Week in South Florida hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg to discuss, and their conversation can be seen at the top of this page.

Michael Putney came to Local 10 in 1989 to become senior political reporter and host of "This Week In South Florida with Michael Putney." He is Local 10's senior political reporter.

His response showed just how much it means for these frontline medical workers to start receiving some measure of defense against the coronavirus. Kumar, a critical care and pulmonary care physician, was the first Broward Health employee to be vaccinated, as the hospital began administering shots just after noon Thursday. The vaccine doses arrived at Broward Health to cheers and applause through the hallways of the hospital earlier Thursday morning as they made their way toward the pharmacy. Doses of the COVID-19 vaccine arrive at Broward Health in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, Dec. 17. The shots manufactured by Pfizer were distributed to Broward Health from Memorial Healthcare System.