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The Latest: Vaccinations reach nursing homes as California faces crisis
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POMPANO BEACH, Fla. The first COVID-19 vaccinations are underway at U.S. nursing homes, where the virus has killed more than 110,000 people, even as the nation struggles to contain a surge so alarming it has spurred California to dispense thousands of body bags and line up refrigerated morgue trucks.
Nurse Christine Philips administers the Pfizer vaccine Wednesday to Vera Leip, 88, a resident of John Knox Village in Pompano Beach, Fla. Nursing home residents and health care workers in Florida began receiving the Pfizer vaccine this week.
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