SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The first batches of Pfizer’s long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine arrived in San Diego County Monday for both U.S. Department of Defense personnel and civilians, with initial vaccinations to begin as soon as Tuesday.
Naval Medical Center San Diego received an unspecified number of vaccines Monday, with front-line medical workers and essential mission personnel such as EMS, firefighters and gate personnel to begin receiving the first dose of the vaccinations Tuesday. Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton will take a portion of those doses for personnel north of San Diego.
“We are proud to support operation Warp Speed,” said Rear Adm. Tim Weber, commander of Naval Medical Forces Pacific. “This vaccine will strengthen our ability to protect our people. I am confident in the stringent regulatory process of the FDA.”
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What to Know
As Part of Phase 1a of the vaccine rollout plan, frontline health care workers and staff will be the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
San Diego County received a 28,000-dose supply of the vaccine on the week of Dec. 14, while a local military health center received an undisclosed amount of doses.
Scripps Health is set to start administering the vaccine on Dec. 17; other facilities that have already done so this week include: Naval Medical Center San Diego; Rady Children s Hospital; UC San Diego Health; Palomar Health
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The UC San Diego Health Pharmacy team unpacks the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine, moving the doses into storage in -80 freezers, in an area they call the “Freezer Pharm.”
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Another 2,925 of Pfizer’s long-awaited COVID-19 vaccines arrived at UC San Diego Health for front line healthcare workers this morning.
The vaccine estimated to be 95% effective at preventing COVID-19 recently received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Vaccine distribution is coordinated through the California Department of Public Health and public health departments, governed by recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Following these recommendations, health care workers are receiving the first available vaccinations.
Updated on December 16, 2020 at 11:44 pm
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What to Know
As Part of Phase 1a of the vaccine rollout plan, frontline health care workers and staff will be the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
San Diego County received a 28,000-dose supply of the vaccine on the week of Dec. 14, while a local military health center received an undisclosed amount of doses.
Naval Medical Center San Diego and Rady Children s Hospital administered the first COVID-19 vaccines in San Diego County on Dec. 15.
A day after the first San Diego County residents were given the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19, UC San Diego Health continued the process Wednesday of rolling out the vaccine locally first to frontline health care workers.