UC San Diego Health receives nearly 3,000 COVID-19 vaccines
First San Diegans get vaccinated
and last updated 2020-12-16 02:27:30-05
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Another 2,925 of Pfizer s long-awaited COVID-19 vaccines arrived at UC San Diego Health for front line healthcare workers Tuesday 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.
San Diego County reports 2,206 COVID-19 cases as first vaccines arrive
Monday was the sixth consecutive day that more than 2,000 new cases were reported, with 2,416 Sunday, 2,490 Saturday and a record 2,867 Friday. Author: City News Service Updated: 5:31 AM PST December 15, 2020
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, California The first batches of Pfizer s coronavirus vaccine arrived in San Diego County on Monday, with initial shots to begin as soon as Tuesday, as officials announced 2,206 new COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations continued to climb.
Monday was the sixth consecutive day that more than 2,000 new cases were reported, with 2,416 Sunday, 2,490 Saturday and a record 2,867 Friday.
It was also the 14th day with more than 1,000 new cases. It is just the eighth time that daily cases have crossed 2,000 the first of which occurred Dec. 3. The new COVID-19 infections reported Monday raised the region s cumulative total to 109,578. No new deaths were re
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It’s finally happening. The biggest vaccination campaign in American history is officially taking place now that health workers in hospitals around the country have begun baring their arms for the first round of shots designed to protect them from COVID-19. It’s the first major U.S. assault on the coronavirus, which has infected more than 16.4 million people nationally and left more than 300,000 dead.
Saturday, 4 a.m. Erin Teran wakes up for work. Within 30 minutes, she is out the door, picking up a coffee and driving more than an hour away from her home in Indio to Imperial Valley. She checks in at the hospital by 6:30 a.m., a half-hour before her shift so the night nurse can leave at a decent hour.
The day before, the Imperial County Public Health Department released its latest COVID-19 numbers: There were two beds left in the county s intensive care units, 135 of them filled with COVID-19 patients.
Teran had five patients. By the end of her nearly 14-hour shift, she d lost one of them.
UpdatedMon, Dec 14, 2020 at 1:33 pm PT
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SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA 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.