Los Angeles County residents awaiting their second dose of COVID-19 vaccines should keep an eye on their email, officials said this week.
Those who received shots at a county-run vaccination site will get a direct message allowing them to confirm follow-up appointments, according to the county’s Department of Public Health.
People who were inoculated at a site run by the city of Los Angeles such as Dodger Stadium will automatically be scheduled for a second appointment, officials said, and should receive a text message and email with details.
County officials said most Angelenos will receive their second shots wherever they got their first dose, but it’s possible some residents will be instructed to go elsewhere.
Despite heated opposition and vows of resistance from some restaurant owners and elected officials, there is increasing evidence that California’s latest stay-at-home order, including a ban on outdoor dining, worked to turn around a deadly surge of the coronavirus.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced last week that he was lifting the stay-at-home order that had been in place in most of the state since early December in light of the state’s declining coronavirus case and hospitalization numbers.
After weeks of overwhelmed hospitals and record death tolls, the improvements seemed sudden and surprising. But experts say they are the consequence of changes that Californians started to make two months ago.
By City News Service
Feb 1, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County has reported 5,925 new cases of COVID-19 and 124 additional deaths, bringing the county s totals to 1,116,892 cases and 16,770 fatalities.
The county s COVID-19 hospitalization rate continues to decline, with 5,328 coronavirus patients hospitalized as of Sunday, down from 5,669 the day before, and 27% of those patients in the ICU.
The county s hospitalization rate has been dropping steadily since it peaked at more than 8,000 in early January.
Sunday s latest numbers came one day after health officials confirmed the second local case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 first discovered in the United Kingdom, and four additional cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).
Despite heated opposition and vows of resistance from some restaurant owners and elected officials, there is increasing evidence that California’s latest stay-at-home order, including a ban on outdoor dining, worked to turn around a deadly surge of the coronavirus.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced last week that he was lifting the stay-at-home order that had been in place in most of the state since early December in light of the state’s declining coronavirus case and hospitalization numbers.
After weeks of overwhelmed hospitals and record death tolls, the improvements seemed sudden and surprising. But experts say they are the consequence of changes that Californians started to make two months ago.
California’s not-so-smooth vaccine rollout
Logistical hurdles and debates about fairness have bogged down the state’s vaccination campaign, leading to widespread frustration
Post Date: February 01, 2021 California Gov. Gavin Newsom (right) greets a healthcare worker at the launch of a COVID-19 vaccination site at Dodger Stadium on Jan. 15 in Los Angeles.
In late January, 38-year-old Bao Vo had a daily routine: Every day, the downtown Los Angeles resident logged onto Orange County Health Care’s scheduling website for COVID-19 vaccinations to check if there was a spot available for his 71-year-old mother. He checked the website when he got up in the morning, again at lunchtime, and twice more after work and before bed.