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Reply Residents and staff at nursing facilities in LA received the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday with the goal of reaching 339 facilities this week. (Brian van der Brug-Pool/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES, CA Nursing homes across Los Angeles began receiving the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine Tuesday as part of a frantic effort to protect the region s most vulnerable residents from the coronavirus. Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, in partnership with the city of Los Angeles and public health startup Curative deployed the vaccine to 59 facilities Tuesday and with plans to get the vaccine to 339 Skilled Nursing Facilities in Los Angeles County by the end of the week. The Herculean effort stems from the harsh reality that Nursing facilities account for 5% of California s COVID-19 cases but 35% of its deaths, according to officials with the Los Angeles County Joint Information Center. In all, about 69,000 vaccines will be sent to the facilities in the next few days. The mass inoculat

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