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California officials explain how COVID-19 vaccine codes were shared, misused
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LOS ANGELES (KABC) People jumping the line to get a COVID-19 vaccine are hindering efforts to address health inequities. For example, the state s My Turn website allows one to enter an access code to schedule a vaccine appointment.
The codes were meant for communities hardest hit. But, in some instances, they ended up being shared and used by people who are not yet eligible, according to reporting by the Los Angeles Times.
A spokesperson for the California Governor s Office of Emergency Services told Eyewitness News in a statement that reads in part:
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Alleging the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has failed its residents and harmed its businesses during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the West Covina City Council in a split decision this week voted to begin the process of forming its own health department.
The move would eventually free the 16-square-mile city of about 110,000 residents from health mandates handed down by the county’s health department such as bar and restaurant closures related to COVID-19 but not until it creates a department of its own that meets state health requirements. It would not free the city from state health mandates.