{"id":121361,"date":"2020-12-19T10:53:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T14:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=121361"},"modified":"2020-12-19T12:03:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T16:03:24","slug":"meet-the-first-antiguan-and-barbudan-to-receive-a-dose-of-the-covid-19-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/meet-the-first-antiguan-and-barbudan-to-receive-a-dose-of-the-covid-19-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Racquel D\u2019Ornella is the first Antiguan and Barbudan to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-2587741786\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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\/><\/a><\/div><p>Dr. Racquel D\u2019Ornellas MD, a frontline doctor at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn New York, is the first Antiguan and Barbudan to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine amid the start of the U.S.\u2019s immunization roll out.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3933970121\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1920w, 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