Newport Beach firefighters receive Moderna vaccines over Christmas week
Newport Beach paramedic Adam Levins, left, vaccinates a paramedic from the Fountain Valley Fire Department.
(Courtesy of the city of Newport Beach)
By Lilly NguyenStaff Writer
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The first doses of the Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus have arrived as another single-day case count has been broken in Orange County.
The city of Newport Beach announced Tuesday that about 45 Newport Beach fire department employees received the first dose of the Moderna vaccine, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Dec. 18. The vaccine requires two doses, administered intramuscularly 28 days apart.