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Our partners at inewsource are reporting that Imperial County officials say the roughly 6,200 vaccine doses on hand aren’t enough to cover all those eligible under the current phase of the rollout.
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While federal roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine has been slower than projected, pharmacies will begin receiving the vaccines starting Thursday, according to the National Association of Chain Drug Stores.
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San Diego County public health officials reported 3,261 new COVID-19 infections and 54 deaths from the virus Wednesday as the county officially crossed the 200,000 total case mark and neared 2,000 deaths from the virus since the pandemic began.
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California is joining some other states in lowering the age of eligibility. It has distributed just shy of 900,000 doses and has more than 2 million doses on hand.
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These are trying to remedy the disproportionate impact the pandemic has had on the Black, Latino and Asian communities.
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It appears to be 50% more infectious, and researchers predict the new coronavirus variant could start to dominate in the U.S. by March. The time to prepare is now, they say.
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Health care workers and those in nursing homes and other congregate living facilities can still be vaccinated, but state officials are expanding to those 65 and up because they are at the greatest risk of being hospitalized and dying
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As new COVID-19 cases again surge through senior care facilities in San Diego and throughout the state, getting vaccines into the arms of residents and caregivers has been spotty and slow, according to doctors and advocates.
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Encinitas resident Syndee Wood has raised nearly $12,000 for food donations from local restaurants to be delivered to staff at San Diego County hospitals.
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Designated as frontline essential workers, some educators see a path out of "the lion's den."
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