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Undocumented Immigrants Reassured They Can Get COVID-19 Vaccine After Rite Aid Pharmacists In Orange County Refuse 2 Women

Rite Aid issued a statement calling the incidents a mistake in the unprecedented vaccine roll-out.

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — After two undocumented women were denied their COVID-19 vaccinations at Rite Aid stores in Orange County, community groups are reassuring immigrants that they can receive the vaccine regardless of their status.

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The St. John’s Well Child and Family Center has vaccinated more than 100,000 people from East LA to South Los Angeles, and they say undocumented immigrants who have been hit hard by the pandemic deserve priority to get the vaccine.

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