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San Francisco: San Francisco Mayor London Breed has announced that the city has administered the first Covid-19 vaccines to frontline health care workers.
The first vaccines administered at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital is part of the initial 12,675 vaccine doses that San Francisco is receiving from the state and federal governments, Xinhua reported.
Antonio Gomez was the first person to receive a Covid-19 vaccine in San Francisco. He is Medical Director of Critical Care Services at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, where he has treated the most critically ill Covid-19 patients. Gomez has been on staff at the hospital since 2002, the announcement said Tuesday.
2020-12-16 00:05:50 GMT2020-12-16 08:05:50(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) U.S. San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Tuesday announced that the city has administered the first COVID-19 vaccines to frontline health care workers.
The first vaccines administered at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital is part of the initial 12,675 vaccine doses that San Francisco is receiving from the state and federal governments.
Antonio Gomez was the first person to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in San Francisco. He is Medical Director of Critical Care Services at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, where he has treated the most critically ill COVID-19 patients. Gomez has been on staff at the hospital since 2002, the announcement said.
Updated on December 14, 2020 at 5:46 pm
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San Francisco Department of Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax said the city s situation remains dire as hospital beds continue to dwindle amid an unprecedented COVID-19 surge, but he remained optimistic as the city has already received the vaccine Monday morning.
Within the last week, city health officials have reported an average of 200 new cases per day, Colfax said during a virtual briefing.
In the Bay Area, the number of intensive care unit hospital beds fell from 26 percent to 17 percent within the last week. Other regions, like the San Joaquin Valley, have already run out of beds, according to Colfax.
1st group of medical staff receives vaccine at San Francisco General
Allie Rasmus reports.
SAN FRANCISCO - The first doses of COVID-19 vaccinations reserved for Bay Area healthcare workers was administered Tuesday morning, providing a flash of hope as California navigates its darkest days of the pandemic.
At Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, two nurses, two doctors and a radiology technician received the first five doses as the city marked a historical moment and new phase of the pandemic. Additional staff at the hospital will begin receiving one of the 2,000 doses the hospital received on Wednesday.
“This is a historic day for our city and, we hope, the start of a turning point in our response to COVID-19,” said Mayor London Breed in a statement. “This has been a really tough year, and this is good news for our city and for the fight against COVID. It gives us some much-needed hope during an otherwise challenging and uncertain time.