The Los Angeles Fire Department employees — the city’s first to receive the vaccine — joined first responders across Southern California in getting the vaccine. L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination at LAFD Station 4 on Monday. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)The Moderna vaccine has been shown to be 94.5% effective at preventing cases of COVID-19. As of Sunday, 1,793 of the department’s approximately 4,000 members had been given the Moderna vaccine, he said. Orange County Fire Authority employees began receiving the Moderna vaccine over the weekend, as did emergency medical technicians, firefighters and paramedics in Corona.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 29, 2020 02:23 UTC