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LA Public Health Hosts COVID-19 Vaccine Town Hall By Kimberlee Buck Hayes, Contributing Writer Published December 24, 2020 Los Angeles County health officer, Dr. Muntu Davis (courtesy photo) Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the first emergency use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to help slow the spread of Coronavirus. As of press time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 2,838,225 doses had been distributed, and 556,208 doses have been administered in the U.S. Since the release of Pfizer and Moderna,...

Los Angeles County Public Health officials said Thursday that while the COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Los Angeles County, they can’t confirm definitively the length of protection the vaccine offers, or when the vaccine will be available to the general public. During a live question-and-answer session held online, Public Health officials told residents that two vaccines will be available soon for health care workers and possibly essential workers, but that the public won’t generally have access until the spring or summer of 2021. “There’s a variety of different factors that are con...