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O.C. health workers receive COVID-19 vaccine after 1st batch of doses arrive in region

After Orange County received thousands of doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Wednesday, the first batch of health workers were vaccinated during a news conference Wednesday.

Officials at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange said Wednesday is a historic day for the county, and that the vaccine represents the first step to an eventual return to normalcy for residents.

Christina Pascucci and Wendy Burch report for the KTLA 5 Morning News on Dec. 16, 2020.