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In the meantime, Lompoc Valley residents who are eligible (age 75-plus) can contact LVMC to get on an appointment wait list. Email [email protected] or call 805.875.8909.
“For those of you who have received your first dose of vaccine (at LVMC), the date to return for your second dose is written on the back of your Vaccination Record Card. You should come at the same time as you did for the first dose appointment, although that time is not written on the card,” he said.
As of Tuesday, the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department reported 51,375 COVID-19 vaccine doses ordered and being distributed to vaccination providers. Separately, Marian Regional Medical Center has received nearly 13,000 doses as part of the Dignity Health system. (Santa Barbara County Public Health Department graphic)
Officials Hold Town Hall on COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts and Transition to New Distribution Plan
Congressman Salud Carbajal, top row at left, Barry Zimmerman of the Ventura County Health Care Agency, Santa Barbara County Public Health Director Van Do-Reynoso, Assemblyman Steve Bennett, bottom row at left, and state Sen. Monique Limón host last week’s virtual town hall on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. (Screenshot via California Assembly Democrats’ YouTube channel) By Brooke Holland, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @BT Holland
February 3, 2021
| 8:11 p.m.
Officials with the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department are hopeful that an increased supply in COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in the coming weeks, and it might be when California will transition to a new statewide distribution plan.
By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue
January 22, 2021
| 6:53 p.m.
Santa Barbara County appears to have passed its explosive winter peak of COVID-19 case rates and testing positivity, Public Health officials said Friday at their weekly COVID briefing.
But they warned that the community should not become complacent, noting that the number of deaths remains high including 11 announced on Friday.
“This is really encouraging news,” Public Health Director Van Do-Reynoso said. “However, I do want to share that we are not out of the woods yet.”
Public Health data shows that case rates and testing positivity peaked in the county on Jan. 9, and have been trending downward since, Do-Reynoso said.
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Santa Barbara County Could Start Vaccinating People Age 65+ Next Week
State expands COVID-19 vaccine eligibility; Public Health Department expects to open mass vaccination community sites in the spring
Healthcare workers at Lompoc Valley Medical Center get COVID-19 vaccines in early January. (Lompoc Valley Medical Center photo) By Giana Magnoli, Noozhawk Managing Editor | @magnoli
January 13, 2021
| 6:34 p.m.
The first batches of COVID-19 vaccines have been given mostly to healthcare workers, but a large group of community members could start getting access next week: people over the age of 65.
Santa Barbara County follows California’s phased system for vaccine distribution, and is on the cusp of finishing the first priority groups of healthcare workers, emergency medical services workers, and staff and residents of long-term care facilities like skilled nursing homes.