Governor Gavin Newsom announced a series of changes to the state’s vaccination plan on Monday. Among the changes, is a shift to a focus on age rather than occupations deemed high-risk. “Vaccines are the light at the end of the tunnel, and I am focused on taking the steps needed to get Californians safely vaccinated…
Wednesday was the first day the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health expanded vaccinations to residents 65 years and older. With almost 1.4 million residents in that age group, and between 700,000-800,000 eligible healthcare workers, the number of vaccines required to complete two doses is over 4 million. Since doses first arrived five weeks…
Following a week of confusion over when and how seniors will get the COVID-19 vaccine, on Monday Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Hilda L. Solis signed an executive order directing the County’s Department of Public Health to make vaccinations appointments available to residents 65 years of age and older beginning on Thursday. “The COVID-19…
The City of Los Angeles announced that COVID-19 testing operations at Dodger Stadium ended Monday, and in collaboration with the County of Los Angeles, will transition the site into a mass vaccination center by the end of the week. Local leaders decided to shift testing away from Dodger Stadium and the Veterans Affairs (VA) Lot…
On Friday, L.A. County Health Services embarked on a mass COVID-19 vaccination effort that will result in 6,000 vaccinations by Christmas and 10,000 total vaccinations by Dec. 31 for its frontline healthcare workers. The vaccinations are initially taking place at three of the four county hospitals: LAC+USC Medical Center, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, and Harbor-UCLA…
Monday afternoon, Governor Gavin Newsom, Los Angles County Board of Supervisors Chair Hilda Solis and L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti gathered at Kaiser Permenante Los Angeles Medical Center where five health care workers received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Helen Cordova, an intensive care unit nurse at the hospital, received the first shot. “I’m feeling great. I’m…
With the Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.) expected to issue an emergency use authorization for Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, Los Angeles County public health officials have announced their plan to distribute initial allotments of the immunization. The county is looking at a complex logistical process to vaccinate residents, some of which have expressed hesitancy. A survey…
By Terry Miller Oscar-winner Sean Penn’s nonprofit group, Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE), that runs the COVID-19 testing site at Dodger Stadium hopes to increase testing capacity there and get it ready for vaccine distribution, according to a local news report for KABC. The first COVID-19 vaccine, from Pfizer, appeared before a U.S. Food and…
