Applause and cheers followed the first few Covid-19 vaccinations administered today, Dec. 17, at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital.Â
Allen Radner, an infectious disease specialist and chief medical officer, was the first to be vaccinated, followed by other frontline hospital workers who are in regular contact with Covid-19 patients.
Nurses will continue administering vaccines from SVMH s first 975-dose batch from Pfizer for the next several days to employees across departments. A follow-up dose is required to make the vaccine effective. (With the addition of 1,400 doses expected to arrive from Moderna as early as next week, the hospital will be able to vaccinate all of its staff.)