The United States kicked off a mass vaccination drive on December 14 hoping to turn the tide on the world's biggest coronavirus outbreak, as the nation's death toll passed 300,000. Pentagon Chief Christopher Miller was one of the first Americans to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on December 14. He received the vaccine on camera to encourage the rest of the country to follow suit. New York nurse Sandra Lindsay became the first person in America to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech shot, live on television, six days after Britain launched the West's vaccine campaign against COVID-19. Dr Christian Arbelaez became the first person in Rhode Island to receive the vaccine. Ohio governor Mike DeWine tweeted, "This is a historic occasion. This is hope” upon watching the first doses arrive at Ohio State Wexner. "First Vaccine Administered. Congratulations USA! Congratulations WORLD!" President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter earlier in the day. The US, which has the globe's highest death toll, and the largest number of reported cases at 16.3 million, passed 300,000 deaths just hours after the vaccinations began, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.
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