After nine months of coronavirus, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is now requiring staff to wear surgical masks because of a surge in positivity rates.
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A state prison medical facility in the Central Valley has received some of the first coronavirus vaccines, which will be administered to inmates and employees.
The California Health Care Facility, Stockton houses inmates with special medical needs. At least 150 of its 2,400 inmates are positive for COVID-19.
Steve Crouch, director of public employees for the International Union of Operating Engineers, which represents prison maintenance and systems employees, said 65 inmates and employees volunteered to receive the vaccine Tuesday. Crouch said the employees who were vaccinated are in high-risk positions dealing with potentially infected inmates.
Two other prisons the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla and the California Medical Facility, Vacaville will also begin to vaccinate employees and high-risk inmates, according to the California Correctional Health Care Services, which provides medical care to inmates.
Virus vaccinations begin at Stockton prison medical site Share Updated: 1:30 PM PST Dec 23, 2020
Virus vaccinations begin at Stockton prison medical site Share Updated: 1:30 PM PST Dec 23, 2020
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Show Transcript TY: UC DAVIS RECEIVED ABOUT 4900 DOSES OF THE PFIZER VACCINE LAST WEEK. ABOUT 4,000 FRONTLINE WORKERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN VACCINATED. AND VACCINATIONS HAVE BEGUN AT PRISONS ACROSS THE STATE. 65 INMATES AND EMPLOYEES AT THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE FACILITY IN STOCKTON VOLUNTEERED TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE YESTERDAY, THIS ACCORDING TO “THE LOS ANGELES TIMES.” VACCINATIONS OF HIGH-RISK INMATES AND EMPLOYEES IS ALSO EXPECTED TO GET UNDERWAY SOON AT A PRISON IN VACAVILLE, AND CHOWCHILLA. STATE PRISONS HAVE MORE THAN 10,000 ACTIVE CORONAVIRUS CASES AMONG INMATES, ACC
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