Vaccination sites run by Los Angeles County are now taking appointments for essential workers in education and child care, food and agriculture, and law enforcement and emergency services.
Vaccination sites run by Los Angeles County are now taking appointments for essential workers in education and child care, food and agriculture, and law enforcement and emergency services.
LA County will again prioritize 2nd doses of COVID vaccine next week
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LOS ANGELES (KABC) With vaccine supplies still limited, Los Angeles County will again reserve the majority of its available vaccinations next week to provide second doses for those ready to receive them, with county-operated large-scale sites exclusively administering second doses, health officials announced. Next week the majority of appointments at our vaccinations sites will continue to be for second doses, said Dr. Paul Simon, chief science officer for the county Department of Public Health said Friday. We will only be providing second doses at our Mega-POD (point of dispending) sites.
California is expanding the list of people eligible for coronavirus vaccine by another 4 to 6 million people.
State Health Director Dr. Mark Ghaly said Friday that starting March 15 people between ages 16-64 who are severely disabled, and those with health conditions that put them at high risk can get in line for shots.
Among those included are people with certain cancer, heart, lung and kidney conditions, as well as pregnant women, those with Down syndrome, organ transplant recipients and the severely obese.
California has been plagued by vaccine shortages and Ghaly acknowledged he s not sure how long it will take for the federal supply of shots to meet demand.
California is opening up COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to residents over age 65, but LA County officials say they don't have enough supplies yet to expand the vaccination pool.