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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – About 800 longshoremen from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Friday got the first COVID-19 vaccinations for dockworkers at the United States\u2019 busiest seaport complex, which has been hard hit by pandemic-related workforce disruptions and surging imports.<\/p>

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The shots were a welcome relief for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) members who snapped up the appointments in about 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

The inoculations offer \u201cpeace of mind\u201d to longshoremen Patty Castillo, 46, and Adrian Esqueda, 48, who said co-workers and family members have contracted COVID-19 – and some have died of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a fortress against the disease,\u201d said Esqueda, as he sat in a truck with Castillo, his wife, during the observation period required after receiving the vaccination.<\/p>\n

Many dockworkers have jobs that require interacting with dozens of different people every day, ILWU members said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t do (working in) pods. There is no way to avoid contact and physical distance in some jobs,\u201d said ILWU member Brennan Hill, 52, who also received his first of two injections of Moderna Inc\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine at the Long Beach Convention Center on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis offers a little hope going forward,\u201d Hill said of the start of vaccinations for the 15,000 people who work on the docks.<\/p>\n

The two ports together account for nearly half of all U.S. maritime trade and some 70 percent of the nation\u2019s imports from Asia. They have been inundated with incoming cargo, resulting in delays that have caused record numbers of ships to wait to be unloaded and a slowdown in the movement of goods across the United States.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, high-stakes battles are raging over which workers should be prioritized as essential.<\/p>\n

Such decisions are sometimes made at the local level. That has led to a patchwork of vaccination eligibility rules that are exacerbating anxiety at a time when demand for COVID-19 vaccines far outstrips supply.<\/p>\n

The Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services organized Friday\u2019s clinic, the first of a series. It came as mass inoculation sites in other parts of Los Angeles County – including at Dodger Stadium – are temporarily closed due to a lack of vaccine doses.<\/p>\n

Some states are starting to expand vaccinations beyond first responders, healthcare workers and the elderly to supermarket clerks, line cooks, bus drivers and teachers.<\/p>\n

In New York state, grocery store and restaurant workers are permitted to get the shots. And in Illinois, some auto factory workers have begun receiving vaccinations.<\/p>\n

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