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Vaccines roll out in the nick of time
Austin Widger, Ojai Valley News reporter
Ventura County officials moved forward with COVID-19 vaccinations this week, opening up registration to all who fall into Phase 1a, which includes hospital staff, medical first responders, long-term care staff and residents, all other health care providers, and more.
People who are in those categories can register to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on www.venturacountyrecovers.org. The complete list of who can receive the vaccine under Phase 1a is on the website as well.
At the county’s weekly COVID-19 press conference Jan. 13, Ventura County Health Care Agency Chief Deputy Director Barry Zimmerman said more than15,500 people had been vaccinated as of that day. “We are in our first phase of the rollout at this point in time,” he said. “So far, we started Monday (Jan. 11) with nearly 500, yesterday (Jan. 12) over 600 individuals and today (Jan. 13) will be just under 1,000 individuals vaccina
Published: Tuesday, 09 March 2021 16:14
#Dog Rescue: Heidi, the 2 year old German shepherd was just freed from a steel column with the help from your @VCFD firefighters in Upper Ojai. 4 determined #firefighters + liquid soap + gentle pull = happy reunion for Heidi and her owners. -RW pic.twitter.com/cgyLaIElUZ VCFD PIO (@VCFD PIO) March 9, 2021
Video courtesy VCFD
Firefighters freed a dog who got her head stuck in a pipe in Upper Ojai on Tuesday.
Ojai Valley News senior reporter
Ventura County firefighters rescued a dog that got her head stuck in a pipe in Upper Ojai Tuesday afternoon.
Hospitals in Ventura County are having to add more storage space for bodies as coronavirus deaths and cases climb across the region.
County public health officials are now dealing with the surge in cases and hospitalizations following the holidays that they had warned about, including a strain on available hospital beds. The sustained surge that we re experiencing has put tremendous pressure on our hospitals. We are full. When I walked into my shift yesterday, more than half of our emergency department beds were occupied by patients who needed a hospital bed but were waiting for space to open up, said Dr. Rick Rutherford with the Ventura County Medical Center.
Jonathan Chew is excited. He works in a Ventura County dental office. Because of the high risk he faces of COVID-19 exposure, he’s on the priority list for