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Shipment delay continues to impact COVID-19 vaccinations in Santa Barbara Co.
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The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department says the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses it was expecting to receive this week continue to be delayed because of severe weather conditions across the country.
As a result, all appointments at the county vaccination site located at the Dick DeWees Community Center in Lompoc scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 18, have been canceled. All appointments at the Santa Barbara City College Wake Campus vaccination site scheduled for Friday, Feb. 18, have also been canceled.
Public Health says everyone whose appointments were canceled has been notified and will be automatically rescheduled for next week. Nearly 1,200 people are affected.
The San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department is reporting nearly all of the residents that have received a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine are receiving a second dose within a four-week period.
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