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Los Angeles’ top health department official urged the film and TV industry to pause production until the end of the month.
While most studios had put many shows on an extended hiatus until this week, L.A. County Department of Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer has asked for the pause to continue until the end of the month.
“We’re going to ask that everyone continue to do their very best, halt those activities that aren’t absolutely essential until we get to the end January and we can be certain that we’re starting to actually see significant reduction in transmission,” Ferrer said in a news conference Wednesday.
Long Beach starts inoculating teachers next week. Rest of LA County fumbles COVID vaccine rollout MORE The first patients at Long Beach Convention Center line up to receive their coronavirus vaccine. Photo by Caleigh Wells
First Governor Gavin Newsom recommended that county health departments prioritize vaccinating residents ages 65 and older. LA County said they weren’t ready to expand beyond health care workers and long-term care residents.
Then this week, County Supervisor Hilda Solis signed an executive order, demanding that the county start vaccinating older residents.
Then the website crashed from the flood of people trying to make appointments.
But in Long Beach, it’s a different story. The city is already vaccinating residents ages 65 and older. Grocery store workers are making appointments, and educators start getting vaccinated next week.
By Emily Guerin and Jackie Fortiér
In California, anyone over 65 years old can now receive a coronavirus vaccine. But L.A. County has far from enough doses for everyone who is eligible. That s because the county prioritizes those people getting second doses, so fewer people are receiving their first-round injection.
But scheduling a second dose has also proven to be complicated.
THE MATH BEHIND THE DOSES
L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Wednesday that her department needs four million doses to vaccinate every resident currently eligible. Instead, the county has received less than 900,000 so far. This is what I mean by a serious supply problem, Ferrer told reporters. We just are not receiving enough vaccine doses to move as quickly as we, and you, would like us to.