Commissioner Andrew Glazier says he’s being kicked off the LAFD oversight board at the request of the head of the union that represents firefighters and paramedics. The Mayor’s office and the union president deny the claim.
By City News Service
Feb 2, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Though the Los Angeles Fire Department procured enough COVID-19 vaccines for nearly all its personnel, only about 54% have been inoculated, officials said today.
Of the department s approximately 3,400 firefighters, 1,842 have received the voluntary vaccine, according to the department.
The city announced on Dec. 28 that the Los Angeles Fire Department had received 3,200 doses of the Moderna vaccine, enough to vaccinate “virtually everybody at the fire department, Mayor Eric Garcetti said then.
A survey of 1,400 fire department personnel around that time showed that 90% of firefighters at the time planned to sign up, according to Garcetti. The vaccine was offered to all firefighters over a two week period.
By City News Service
Jan 28, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Mayor Eric Garcetti received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, his office said today.
Garcetti, who at 49 years old does not meet California s COVID-19 vaccination eligibility guidelines, received the vaccine on Jan. 21 after he spent five days assisting efforts at the Dodger Stadium mass vaccination center.
“Mayor Garcetti has spent many days, as he is today, at Dodger Stadium, assisting on the frontline of the vaccination effort – directly interacting with hundreds of Angelenos each day, Garcetti s Deputy Communications Director Alex Comisar said.
“The medical personnel strongly recommended that he receive the vaccine as they have recommended and provided for other field staff and volunteers at the site who have close contact with clients.