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“The local public health department does not have oversight of this process,” county disaster preparedness manager Jan Koegler told Noozhawk via email. “As a supplement to this process, county public health has offered to vaccinate ASL (assisted-living facilities) workers and residents who can come to the vaccination PODs (points of distribution).”
At least 190 facilities in Santa Barbara County are enrolled in the federal pharmacy partnership program, Koegler said Friday.
“We are working with the facilities to obtain data on when they are scheduled to receive their first doses through the partnership,” Koegler said. “From the data we have collected so far, we calculate that 3,453 residents and staff have received at least a first dose. This number does not take into account how many have been vaccinated through a PHD (public health department), vaccine clinic or by another health care provider.”
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More testing sites open, including a South Coast facility that can handle 500 appointments per day
A mobile testing unit opened at the CenCal Health facility, at 4050 Calle Real, near Santa Barbara on Monday. The testing center will likely move to a new location in two weeks, the Public Health Department said. (Santa Barbara County Public Health Department photo) By Giana Magnoli, Noozhawk Managing Editor | @magnoli
January 11, 2021
| 2:13 p.m.
The Public Health Department has expanded COVID-19 testing capacity to three new sites, which should significantly expand capacity and access for residents across Santa Barbara County.
So far this month, the county has been announcing about 2,300 average test results a day.