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Getting the coronavirus vaccines into the arms of as many Californians as possible has become a race against time as COVID-19 cases continue to spiral upward and a more infectious variant of the virus takes root.
Many questions remain unanswered about how the next and much larger wave of Californians will be vaccinated, even as doctors and other health providers in the first priority group are complaining to state officials that they still can t get access to the vaccines.
At a vaccine community advisory committee meeting on Wednesday, state epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan announced an ambitious immunization goal, acknowledging widespread criticism that the state has moved too slowly to vaccinate its first priority group of frontline health care workers and nursing home residents.
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Surgeon Varinder Phangureh gets his second dosage of the Pfizer vaccine from nurse Sara Gallagher (right) at St. Rose Hospital on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Hayward, California. They were administering both the first dosage and second dosage of the vaccine.Gabrielle Lurie/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Dr. Karl Sporer prepares a dosage of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at St. Rose Hospital on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Hayward, California. They were administering both the first dosage and second dosage of the vaccine.Gabrielle Lurie / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Riverside County rolls out more vaccines as COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to climb
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) It s a race against COVID-19 as Riverside County Public Health officials begin rolling out more vaccines. On Wednesday, the county made more available to healthcare workers and first responders. Our goal is really to vaccinate as many people as possible. We got phase-1A and all their tiers and we re trying to get the pole through the vaccination process as soon as possible so they are protected from COVID-19, Shane Reichardt with the Riverside County Emergency Management Department.
On Tuesday, an invitation was sent out to all tier 1A workers about the availability of the Moderna vaccine. In less than 24-hours, all 1,000 appointments at its two distributions sites were filled.
Frontline workers in Riverside County begin receiving COVID-19 vaccine
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Brendan Williams, Rapid Response Code Team RN, at Riverside Community Hospital receives COVID-19 vaccine
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. - The first shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Riverside County.
The county is expecting more than 25,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine
over the next two weeks in total, with some going to the hospitals directly
and the rest to the county.
Two frontline workers at Riverside Community Hospital were among the first people in the county to receive the vaccine.
The hospital received their shipment on Thursday and by Friday morning Alisha Hampton ER RN and Brendan Williams with the Rapid Response Code Team RN were administered the first dose.
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