{"id":1547,"date":"2020-11-25T14:25:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T14:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/NewsUpNow.org\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2024-02-08T00:53:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T00:53:14","slug":"hope-on-the-way-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-californias-covid-19-vaccine-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsupnow.org\/news\/hope-on-the-way-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-californias-covid-19-vaccine-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope on the way: Here\u2019s what you need to know about California\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine plan"},"content":{"rendered":"


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As California faces a surge in coronavirus cases, vaccines may be weeks away with three drug companies reporting promising results.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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California is in the throes of another COVID-19 surge — cases are skyrocketing and hospital beds are filling up quickly. On Tuesday, hospitals had 3,300 more COVID patients than at the beginning of this month, state health officials said.<\/p>\n

But a glimmer of hope has emerged in the last leg of 2020: The first batch of vaccines could arrive in early December.<\/p>\n

On Friday, the pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced that it had requested approval for emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.<\/p>\n