By City News Service
Ronald Reagan UCLA MedicalCenter Administers Its First Covid Vaccines To Hospital Staff
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - COVID-19 vaccination efforts continued across the Southland today, including the first wave of health care workers to be inoculated at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, one of nine sites being used for ultra-cold storage of the Pfizer medication.
Front-line workers in the emergency department and intensive-care unit were the first to be offered the vaccinations, which are voluntary.
“Although this is a turning point in our fight against COVID-19, our staff will continue to employ other proven prevention methods such as wearing masks and gloves, maintaining physical distance from others, washing hands frequently and avoiding crowds,'' Dr. Richard V. Riggs, Cedars-Sinai's chief medical officer, said in a statement.