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Nurse battling COVID-19 may have contracted virus between vaccine doses By KGTV Staff | January 23, 2021 at 11:43 PM CST - Updated January 24 at 9:39 PM
CHULA VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) - A California emergency room nurse is fighting for his life after he tested positive for COVID-19 and was hospitalized days after receiving his second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
Since the pandemic began, Danny Plata, a single father of two, has been on the frontlines as an ER nurse at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center. On Dec. 22, he and his fellow nurse, Chris Pena, received their first doses of the Pfizer vaccine, and 17 days later, on Jan. 8, they returned for their second doses.
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and last updated 2021-01-22 21:31:58-05
CHULA VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) - A South Bay ER nurse is fighting for his life, after he tested positive for COVID-19 days after receiving his second vaccine dose.
Since the pandemic began, Danny Plata, a single father of two, has been on the frontlines as an ER nurse at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center.
On December 22, friend and fellow nurse, Chris Pena, says he and Plata, 38, of Bonita, received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. 17 days later, on January 8, they returned for their second dose.
Some of San Diego’s first nursing home residents to receive a COVID-19 vaccine got their shots Monday, while 20,000 doses of a second coronavirus vaccine from Moderna flowed into the county.
The mood was festive at Birch Patrick Convalescent Center, where Carlos Alegre, 72, was the first resident vaccinated at the nursing home, which is part of Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center. More than a dozen nurses and staff members cheered when Alegre got his shot.
“This means a new chapter and a very happy, exciting moment,” said Dr. Daniel Castro, medical director of Birch Patrick.
The moment didn’t seem to faze Alegre, who insisted that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine felt like any other shot and that the most notable thing about his day was having to get up earlier than usual to be bathed for the occasion.
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