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Orange County Health Care Workers Get First Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine Syndicated Local – CBS Los Angeles
SANTA ANA (CBSLA) A Providence St. Joseph Hospital nurse was the first person in Orange County Wednesday to be vaccinated for COVID-19, shortly followed by other health care workers.
“It is a very special day to be here,” Providence St. Joseph CEO Dr. Jeremy Zoch said, noting that the vaccine’s arrival is a much-needed relief after many difficult months.
Nurse Michael Lowman was the first to voluntarily receive the inoculation, followed by nurses Song Lee and Soledad Mathus, Dr. Paul Sheikewitz, and respiratory therapist Brian Sullivan, at Providence St. Joseph’s Hospital in Orange. Nurse practitioner Christie Aiello administered the shots.
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It’s a light at the end of the tunnel for what has been a challenging year the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Orange County.
On Wednesday, five staff members were selected from Providence St. Joseph’s Hospital in Orange to receive the first vaccinations in Orange County from Pfizer-BioNTech. Jeremy Zoch, chief executive officer at St. Joseph Hospital of Orange, said the doses arrived just hours before a joint news conference at the hospital.
Each inoculation was streamed live and greeted with a round of applause.
“It’s been a long road. A lot [of people] have worked really hard to get us to this point. [We’re] very, very grateful to Pfizer and, soon, Moderna, for what they have done,” said Erik Wexler, the chief executive for Providence’s Southern California region. “Soon, we will be protecting all of our caregivers in our community and eradicating this horrific pandemic.”
UC Irvine also received about 3,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine Wednesday morning and began administering shots. The plan is to vaccinate 2,000 front line healthcare workers by Sunday.
UCI is expecting to receive the first doses of Moderna vaccine by next week if it is approved as expected this week.
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach also received 1,950 doses Wednesday, said Dr. Stephanie Chao, Hoag s director of pharmacy services. The hospital plans to begin giving out shots at 6 a.m. Thursday, she said. It feels great, Chao told City News Service. I know there s a lot of work to be done still and this is just the beginning but to get going on those vaccines, to get them safely in was oddly satisfying and pleasing. We have hope now.