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SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – As the vaccine of a lifetime begins distribution in San Diego, other health care systems are still waiting for their shipments to arrive. However, they aren’t wasting any time preparing to begin giving the first dose as soon as they’re able.
Sharp Health confirmed today that their shipment is on the way to their facilities directly from Pfizer.
“We received confirmation that our allocation would be coming directly from Pfizer to our Sharp centralized pharmacy,” said Suzanne Shea, Vice President of Pharmacy Services. “We’re finally on the road to recovery. It’s the beginning of the road to that day where we’re not in a pandemic anymore.”
San Diego hospitals lay out plans to distribute vaccines to staff
and last updated 2020-12-10 21:04:26-05
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) â The vaccination of a lifetime is just days away for San Diego hospitals. Sharp healthcare administrators are getting ready to distribute thousands of Pfizer vaccines to their front line employees.
âThey will sign up and be scheduled,â said VP of Sharp Pharmacy Services, Suzanne Shea. âWe donât want people lining up at the door. We want to make sure weâre maintaining social distancing.â
Shea says their freezers will store the doses at the necessary -80 degrees Celsius. Theyâll be moved into refrigerators when theyâre ready to be given out.