Officials are not completely sure.
“I do know that across the county this past week we saw much fewer people coming in to get vaccinated. For the first time ever, we’ve had appointments at many vaccination sites that have not been filled,” said L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer during a news briefing Thursday.
Health experts and officials have attributed the drop to a variety of reasons, including ongoing hesitancy around the vaccine and access issues.
In another sign of slowing demand for the COVID-19 vaccine, Los Angeles city officials announced on Friday that the mass vaccination site at Dodger Stadium one of the largest in the country will cease operations by the end of May as part of a major shift to increase appointment-free vaccine availability at other city-run sites.
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Again pointing to plummeting COVID-19 case numbers among skilled nursing facility residents and staff who were among the hardest hit in the early days of the pandemic and then were the first to get vaccinated Los Angeles County health officials said the facilities are a case study on the effectiveness of the inoculations.
“Where we see high rates of vaccination, we are seeing transmission of COVID-19 plummet, county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said in a statement Wednesday. “Each person that is vaccinated has the best protection against COVID-19.
By City News Service
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Again pointing to plummeting COVID-19 case numbers among skilled nursing facility residents and staff who were among the hardest hit in the early days of the pandemic and then were the first to get vaccinated Los Angeles County health officials said the facilities are a case study on the effectiveness of the inoculations.
“Where we see high rates of vaccination, we are seeing transmission of COVID-19 plummet, county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said in a statement Wednesday. “Each person that is vaccinated has the best protection against COVID-19.
Again pointing to plummeting COVID-19 case numbers among skilled nursing facility residents and staff who were among the hardest hit in the early days of the pandemic and then were the first to get vaccinated Los Angeles County health officials said the facilities are a case study on the effectiveness of the inoculations.
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“Where we see high rates of vaccination, we are seeing transmission of COVID-19 plummet,” county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said in a statement this week. “Each person that is vaccinated has the best protection against COVID-19.
According to the Department of Public Health, 83% of skilled nursing facility residents and staff have received at least one dose of vaccine, and the vast majority of them have received both doses. During the week of April17, nearly 45,000 COVID tests were performed among all staff and residents at such facilities, with only about two dozen positive results.
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Los Angeles County is poised to potentially reopen its economy to an extent that would have been unthinkable in the not-too-distant past.
The possible move to the yellow tier the most lenient of California’s four-category color-coded reopening system could happen next week as the coronavirus continues to recede throughout the region.
It’s a remarkable achievement for a county that just three months ago was considered in some corners to be the national epicenter of COVID-19, with hundreds dying each week and hospitals pushed to the brink. It was only about six weeks ago that the county moved out of the state’s most restrictive purple tier, in which indoor operations are suspended or severely limited across a host of business sectors.