COVID-19 Vaccine to Arrive at 2 Orlando Hospital Groups This Week UPDATED 12:56 PM ET Dec. 14, 2020 PUBLISHED 8:04 AM ET Dec. 14, 2020 PUBLISHED 8:04 AM EST Dec. 14, 2020
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ORLANDO, Fla. Doctors, other medical providers, and nonclinical workers at Orlando Health who are at high risk of exposure to COVID-19 will be vaccinated beginning Friday, officials with the hospital group said Monday.
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Orlando Health to begin vaccinating healthcare workers Friday
ICU, COVID-19 care unit, ER staff among those to be vaccinated
AdventHealth to receive, distribute vaccines in coming days
The free and voluntary vaccinations will continue the week after, on Monday through Wednesday, at the Orlando Regional Medical Center. Staff who work in the intensive care units, COVID-19 care units, and emergency departments are all considered to be at high risk of exposure.
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South Korea reports its highest daily rise in coronavirus cases since the start of pandemic
From CNN’s Jake Kwon in Seoul
Containers to be used as a ward to treat people infected with the coronavirus are set up on the grounds of the Seoul Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday, December 10. Ahn Young-joon/AP
South Korea reported 950 new coronavirus cases on Saturday the most infections in a single day since the beginning of the pandemic, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said in a press release.
Of those, 928 confirmed cases are local infections, while 22 are imported.
US FDA to discuss vaccine EUA in press conference on Saturday
From CNN Health’s Maggie Fox
The US Food and Drug Administration will hold a news conference at 9 a.m. ET Saturday with Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn and Dr. Peter Marks, who heads the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, to discuss the agency’s decision to grant emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine.
“FDA Commissioner @SteveFDA and @FDACBER Director Dr. Peter Marks will be taking questions,” the agency said on its Twitter account. The news conference will be livestreamed on Twitter, the FDA said.