A slight arm ache never felt so good for first responder Matthew Higgins.
With Saturday morning’s first of two vaccination shots for COVID-19, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control specialist was feeling a bit more comfortable about his future health.
“(My arm) is a little sore but whatever the side effects come from this, it’s going to beat being on a respirator,” he said from his truck at the Harrington Volunteer Fire Company vaccination site.
Mr. Higgins was waiting the requisite 15 minutes to make sure no complications arose from taking the injection of Moderna vaccine. State health officials were prepared to administer up to 500 doses during the event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
“To be able to get it so early is humbling because so many people need it and we’re not going to get out of this situation until we can get the bulk of our population vaccinated,” Mr. Higgins said.