Santa Maria, Lompoc Medical Centers Welcome First Arrivals of COVID-19 Vaccine
Frontline health care workers receive their initial doses amid a festive atmosphere signaling a turning point in the pandemic
As colleagues capture the moment, Dr. Lisa Ryan raises her arms in celebration after receiving the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday afternoon in a tent set up in a parking lot at Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria. (Janene Scully / Noozhawk photo) By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | @JaneneScully
December 17, 2020
| 8:42 p.m.
Cheers, applause and even chants of “shot, shot, shot” marked the delivery of the first COVID-19 vaccines amid a festive atmosphere Thursday in a parking lot at Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria.