Updated December 14, 2020 The first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in the state of Oregon today, a watershed moment marked with little fanfare. Whereas other states announced the arrival of the plane delivering the vaccine (California) and/or administered vaccines in front of the press (New York, Ohio, California), Oregon officials didn t announce the vaccine s arrival for more than four hours. Legacy Health s Holladay Park campus in Northeast Portland and Meridian Park hospital in Tualatin each received 975 doses at around 7 am, an Oregon Health Authority press release declared shortly after 11 am. OHA officials didn t answer a question from
WW about when the first vaccine would be administered or whether it already had been. (
COVID-19 vaccines begin to arrive in San Diego County
San Diego County posted that the first vaccine had arrived locally on Monday just before 9 a.m. after being shipped out of Michigan on Sunday. Author: Brandon Lewis, CBS News 8 Team Published: 6:04 PM PST December 13, 2020 Updated: 12:03 PM PST December 14, 2020
SAN DIEGO The first shipment of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine has arrived in San Diego County after leaving Michigan Sunday morning for destinations across the nation. Three sites in San Diego will each receive a share of the 28,275 vaccines that were allocated for the county’s healthcare workers.
San Diego County tweeted on Monday morning First COVID-19 vaccine for front line health care workers arrives in San Diego. along with a short video showing 3 boxes on a table.
The COVID-19 pandemic turned a corner over the weekend, as the federal Food and Drug Administration authorized the first vaccine in the U.S., and distribution began to California and the other 49 states.
The FDA granted emergency use authorization for Pfizer and BioNTech s COVID-19 vaccine December 11, the first to get the green light in the United States. The United Kingdom and Canada also recently approved the vaccine.
The nighttime announcement reportedly rushed out after White House chief of staff Mark Meadows threatened FDA commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn s job if the authorization didn t happen Friday came the day after an expert advisory committee voted overwhelmingly that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh its risks.
Dec 13, 2020
The Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup today completed their concurrent and thorough review of the federal process and has confirmed the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is safe and efficacious. The Workgroup provided their confirmation to the Governors of California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington this morning.
Washington, Oregon and Nevada joined California’s COVID-19 Scientific Safety Review Workgroup in October, which has worked concurrently and independently to review the FDA’s actions related to COVID-19 vaccinations. They will continue to evaluate other COVID-19 vaccines after they are routed through FDA authorization. The panel is made up of nationally acclaimed scientists with expertise in immunization and public health.
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