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Published:Friday | February 25, 2022 | 12:07 AM
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Sandra Lindsay, director of nursing for the critical care division at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center (left), sits with UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid, who used the opportunity to thank health professionals in New York for their service
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Sandra Lindsay, director of nursing for the critical care division at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center (left), sits with UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid, who used the opportunity to thank health professionals in New York for their service to the diplomatic community. AP PHOTOS
Sandra Lindsay (left), shakes hands with Abdulla Shahid, president of the United Nations General Assembly.
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Sandra Lindsay (left), shakes hands with Abdulla Shahid, president of the United Nations General Assembly.
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Jamaican-born nurse Sandra Lindsay, who was the first person in the United States to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, met Abdulla Shahid, president of the United Nations General Assembly, at the United Nation (UN) headquarters in New York on Wednesday. The meet-and-greet happened ahead of Lindsay’s presentation at the UN that will see her speak on the importance of vaccine equity. Dressed in a dessert sand pants suit, the vaccine advocate said it was “just amazing” that she, “this young lady from Jamaica, would one day end up in the General Assembly”. Something Extra brings you the highlights.