This is the season for package delays.
Orange County will receive its first shipment of 25,350 corona virus vaccines on Tuesday, Dec. 16, according to Dr. Margaret Fredhoft of the County Healthcare Agency.
Predohoft, deputy director of public health services, said there were no COVID-19 vaccines in Orange County as of Monday because hospitals have developed plans to develop vaccines for their leading workers.
As neighboring Los Angeles County prepares to deliver its first vaccine on Monday afternoon, this means a slightly longer wait for the much-anticipated shot produced by Pfizer and Bioentech.
Officials at the UCI Medical Center in Orange said doctors, nurses and other high-risk workers from the emergency room and intensive care units will begin receiving the vaccine after delivery.
“Our preparation continues,” hospital spokesman John Murray said. “There’s a lot of excitement here.”
The vaccine is scheduled to kick off Wednesday at Hog Hospital on Newport Beach, which cared for the state’s first known COVID patient in the early hours of the epidemic.
Kaiser Permanente was expected to arrive in its first batch on Mondays and Tuesdays at facilities around Southern California. It is unclear when the scenes will begin at Anaheim and Irwin hospitals.
California expects 327,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on this first shipment, going to primary care workers and long-term care residents. About 40 percent of the first ship – 126,750 sizes – is planned for the region, which includes the districts of Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura, according to the California Department of Public Health.
The region, which includes the districts of Riverside and San Bernardino, will receive 59,910 volumes on the initial ship.
When the governor noticed health workers getting their first shots of the state in Los Angeles on Monday, hospitals in Orange County began asking when their ships would arrive, and workers to roll up their sleeves.
Officials could not immediately respond as to why health care agents in districts such as Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco received the vaccine dose on Monday, while other districts had to wait.
Orange County referred questions up to the state public health department. The Department of Public Health referred the questions back to the district and disease control centers and the manufacturer Pfizer. The latter two did not respond by the deadline.