The Porterville Fairgrounds is serving as a temporary mass vaccine site and resource center for farmworkers in the southern San Joaquin Valley.
Up to 3,000 doses of vaccines will be administered across the three-day event. Attendees will also receive food boxes and information about emergency preparedness.
In total, more than 30 community-based organizations are participating in the event to bring resources for people in some of the county s most vulnerable communities.
Listos California, a statewide campaign to boost emergency preparedness among California s vulnerable communities, hosted the event. Listos in Spanish means Ready, and a big part of the campaign is providing culturally and linguistically competent support, according to organizers.
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Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, part of the 4th Infantry Division, arrive at the Colorado Springs Airport, returning home from their deployment to California on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. The soldiers deployed for Los Angeles on February 11, to help administer more than 300,000 COVID-19 vaccinations.(Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
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Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, part of the 4th Infantry Division, arrive at the Colorado Springs Airport, returning home from their deployment to California on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. The soldiers deployed for Los Angeles on February 11, to help administer more than 300,000 COVID-19 vaccinations.(Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
Los Angeles County's rate of new COVID-19 infections has increased slightly compared to last week, according to figures released by the state, keeping the county firmly entrenched in the orange tier of California's economic-reopening blueprint.
Coronavirus Case Rate Climbs In LA, Stymying New Reopenings - Los Angeles, CA - The slight increase was expected, but it comes on a challenging day as county health officials paused use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.