Over 80,000 Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine To Be Distributed In First Phase Of L.A. County Plan
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) provided an overview of the plan for the distribution of the first 82,875 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine allocated to the county, in a brief on Thursday afternoon.
The FDA recently issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) of the Pfizer vaccine after it completed Phase Three clinical trials, and there is potential the Moderna vaccine will receive a EUA in the next two weeks, according to LADPH officials.
The 82,875 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine allocated to Los Angeles County are expected to be delivered by early next week, according to Dr. Paul Simon, chief science officer and director of the Division of Assessment, Planning, and Quality at LADPH.