Health & Fitness

Medical Experts Recommend Essential Workers Be Vaccinated In Next Phase

Regan Alvord, a server at All'acqua in Atwater Village, said she cannot wait to get the vaccine and get back to work.

CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles

December 17 2020

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A 16-member panel of medical experts in California has made its recommendation for who should be included in the next phase of COVID-19 vaccinations.

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Included in what’s being called Phase 1B are are millions of essential workers — teachers, police officers, firefighters, corrections officers, transportation workers, grocery store workers and farm workers — though the exact order has not yet been made clear.

Regan Alvord, a server at All’acqua in Atwater Village, said she cannot wait to get the vaccine and get back to work.

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