WWII veteran, 96, receives COVID-19 vaccine, becomes first VA patient nationwide to get shot
The first Veteran’s Affairs patient to receive the COVID-19 vaccine was a 96-year-old WWII veteran, according to the health system where she was treated. Shortly after noon on Monday, Margaret Klessens became the first VA patient in the nation to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, which received emergency use approval from the U.S.