SB County changing vaccine strategy to target areas of need, newly eligible groups
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and last updated 2021-05-11 21:03:01-04
The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department is changing its vaccine strategy starting Sunday, May 16.
In a statement, officials state that vaccines are widely available through local pharmacies and healthcare providers in south and mid-county, but there remains a gap for availability in the Santa Maria area.
Starting on Sunday, the Public Health Department will provide a community vaccination clinic at the Santa Maria Fairpark. Approximately 6,000 doses will be allocated to these clinics per week.
The location will be open with the following hours:
Firefighters help administer COVID-19 vaccine doses
Orr, Jason
and last updated 2021-02-04 00:38:25-05
Local first responders helped administer COVID-19 vaccine doses to community members in Santa Maria on Wednesday.
Santa Barbara County firefighters helped give out 500 doses at Allan Hancock College as part of a County effort.
Patients who received the vaccine say the whole process took about 10 minutes. We re out there every day with the patients, treating them, and we ve been seeing them every day so we re offering our help where we can out here for County Health to come out here and give vaccinations, says Blake Brooks a Santa Barbara County Fire Dept. crew member.
Cottage Health provides update on vaccination, hospitalizations on Central Coast
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and last updated 2021-01-21 19:03:55-05
Cottage Health in Santa Barbara County says COVID-19 vaccinations will be administered as supplies are received. Meanwhile its hospitals are managing a surge in hospitalizations due to the spread of the virus.
According to Cottage Health, its hospitals report community transmissions at 15% for the 7-day testing positivity rate.
Cottage Health says its most urgent priority is to have an adequate amount of resources to keep up with the surge of hospitalizations.
Last week, COVID hospitalizations surged over 100 at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital for the first time.