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 vaccinated. That is our goal is to continue to grow that capacity.”