By Victoria Penate | Staff Writer
Nevada County Public Health has completed a detailed plan for COVID-19 vaccine distribution and submitted it to the state for review.
Much of the timeline, said county administrative analyst Taylor Wolfe, will depend on vaccine manufacturers and the federal government.
“While we can’t know for sure, we are hopeful it’ll be more widely available in a month or two,” Wolfe said in an email about when the vaccine would be widely available within the county.
Wolfe said the county is unsure as of this week whether Public Health will use a drive-thru format for vaccine distribution, as has been done in the past for flu shots. If it does a drive-thru format, however, she said county residency of visitors would likely not be checked.
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1. Nevada County Public Health reports first confirmed case of COVID-19
In March, Nevada County Public Health reported the first case of COVID-19 had been confirmed in an adult residing in eastern Nevada County.
The person, who was not identified, had acquired COVID-19 through international travel. The person, along with members of their household, went into quarantine. Nevada County Public Health reported the person was “not out in the community while ill.”
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Nevada County Hospitals Receive First Shipment of COVID Vaccine
On Thursday morning Nevada County received the first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine which included 975 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. These first doses are being distributed to our two hospitals, Tahoe Forest Hospital in Truckee and Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley and will be used to begin vaccinating our front-line health care workers. This first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine represents a significant milestone, and congratulations are warranted to the community, our healthcare providers and Public Health for getting us this far.
“Although our initial allocations will be small, we expect that soon we will begin to receive vaccine allocations each week,” said Nevada County Public Health Director Jill Blake. “This is very welcome news, as the arrival of the vaccine indicates the beginning of a pharmaceutical intervention that will eventually end this pandemic and allow us to return to normal
The county this week is expected to receive its first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, made to prevent COVID-19, Nevada County Public Health said.
In an update on its website, Nevada County Public Health said, “Nevada County’s first doses are going to front-line health care workers at our two hospitals.”
This week, Nevada County is expected to receive 975 doses of the vaccine.
In early December, the state Department of Public Health outlined the distribution of the state’s 327,000-dose first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine with over 35,000 doses going to the 12-county region that includes Nevada County.
Nevada County’s skilled nursing or assisted living facilities have enrolled in the CDC’s Long Term Care Facility Pharmacy Partnership Program, and will be receiving the vaccine separately from the county’s allocation, according to Public Health.