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They made history Monday in a conference room at the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center on Sunset Boulevard.
It took about 45 minutes, and it was the beginning of the end for COVID-19 in California.
The vaccine rollout to five healthcare workers started shortly after 12:15 p.m. and wrapped up around 12:54.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, state Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly, L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis and other officials and medical workers were present.
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After each shot was administered, cheers broke out from the room of masked observers.
“This is yours?” Newsom asked Helen Cordova, a nurse in the intensive care unit and the first healthcare worker at the facility to receive the vaccine. “That’s mine,” she said, pointing to the dose held by hospital pharmacy supervisor David Cheng.
USA TODAY is keeping track of the news surrounding COVID-19 as vaccines begin to roll out nationwide. Just this week, the US marked the stark milestone of more than 300,000 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
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Keep refreshing this page for the latest updates on vaccine distribution, including who is getting the shots and where, as well as other important COVID-19 news from across the USA TODAY Network.