Frontline workers first to get vaccine in Monterey County Share Updated: 7:20 PM PST Dec 17, 2020 Share Updated: 7:20 PM PST Dec 17, 2020
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Show Transcript GOOD EVENING EVERYONE I M DAN GREEN. ERIN CLARK IS OFF THIS WEEK. WE BEGIN TONIGHT. WITH THE COVID VACCINE NOW HAVING REACHED EVERY COUNTY HERE ON THE CENTRAL COAST.. TODAY IT ARRIVED IN MONTEREY COUNTY. WITH MORE ON ITS DISTRIBUTION AND WHO GOT IT WE GO TO ACTION NEWS 8 REPORTER FELIX CORTEZ LIVE IN SALINAS..#### DAN SALINAS VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL THE FIRST TO GET THE VACCINE HERE IN MONTEREY COUNTY.. AND TODAY NURSES AND DOCTORS LINED UP TO GET THE SHOT.. (Clip 0046)(:07 boy what a historical moment this is :10 its really a great reason for all of us to celebrate :14) pete delgado the ceo of salinas valey memorial hospital announcing the arrival of the covid vaccine in monterey county.. svmh the first to vaccinate its frontline healthcare workers..
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.)