9-Year-Old Who Emptied Piggy Bank For First Responders Gets COVID-19 Vaccine In Queens

9-Year-Old Who Emptied Piggy Bank For First Responders Gets COVID-19 Vaccine In Queens

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Young children received the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday in Queens, including 9-year-old Desiree Mohammadi.

You may remember the Long Island native emptied her piggy-bank to donate $52 for snacks for first responders back in May of 2020.

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She was joined by her parents, as well as Sandra Lindsay, the Long Island nurse who was the first American to receive a COVID vaccine.

CBS2’s Jennifer McLogan will have more on this story on the News at 5 p.m.

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November 04, 2021 at 11:52PM