Now that the federal government has given emergency authorization for the first COVID-19 vaccine, how long will it take to get it to the general public? Los Angeles County expects to receive about 84,000 vaccine doses early next week, said Dr. Paul Simon, chief science officer for the county Department of Public Health. Not all employees at those hospitals will receive immunizations in the first shipment, L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer told county officials earlier this week. AdvertisementThe Pfizer vaccine doses need to be administered at least three weeks apart; the Moderna doses, four weeks apart. The doses that arrive in December will all be first doses, Simon said.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 12, 2020 15:03 UTC