Residents 16 and older will be able to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as early as Tuesday at city-run sites in Los Angeles, officials said Sunday.
“Opening vaccine eligibility to all Angelenos over the age of 16 is an important milestone in our efforts to get more shots in more arms and defeat COVID-19 once and for all,” Mayor Garcetti said. . “We are patient as we continue to increase our operations, get more doses and enter this new phase of our campaign to end the pandemic. But our commitment remains clear: as soon as vaccines are available, we are ready to administer- quickly and safely “.
Vaccine appointments can be made here and are open to any Los Angeles County resident.
The city is expected to receive nearly 60,000 doses of the Modern vaccine and 56,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week and still has about 15,000 doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. The city’s vaccination sites will be able to administer more than 130,000 doses to Angelenos, including approximately 60,000 first doses and 70,000 second doses, at its nine permanent sites and its Mobile Outreach for Vaccine Equity program, officials said.
The city is also taking over the operations of state officials at the Cal State Los Angeles vaccination center. The Los Angeles Fire Department will lead the Cal State LA team, with the support of Community Organized Relief Effort personnel, as well as those hired locally for the site through FEMA.
In addition to Cal State LA, the city will deliver doses through its permanent locations in San Fernando Park, Hansen Dam, Crenshaw Christian Center, Lincoln Park, Pierce College, USC University Park, Los Angeles Southwest College and Dodger Stadium.
All venues will be open Tuesday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dodger Stadium, which will only offer appointments until 1 p.m. this week from Tuesday to Thursday to host home games. although the venue will remain open until 4 p.m.
Also on Sunday, Los Angeles County reported 546 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 additional deaths, although fewer deaths may reflect notification of delays over the weekend.
The number of coronavirus patients at county hospitals dropped from 492 Saturday to 470 Sunday according to state figures, which are generally one day ahead of the figures provided by the county. The number of patients with COVID in intensive care fell from 125 to 116.
Sunday’s figures brought the county’s total to 1,225,796 cases and 23,477 fatalities since the pandemic began, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
On Saturday, the department reported 11 additional cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.
New MIS-C cases brought this total to 169 cases in the county, including the death of a child. All 169 were hospitalized and 39% of the children were treated in the ICU. Of the children with MIS-C, 26% were under 5 years old, 31% were between 5 and 9, 27% were between 10 and 14 and 16% were between 15 and 20. Latin and Latino children represent 75 % of reported cases.
MIS-C is a serious inflammatory condition associated with COVID-19 that affects children under 21 years of age. Symptoms include fever that does not go away and inflamed parts of the body, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes, or gastrointestinal organs. Parents who believe that their child has MIS-C symptoms should be advised to contact their primary care physician or urgent care provider.
While we are making tremendous progress with the spread of COVID-19 in our county, there is also great sadness as well, “Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Saturday.” … April is a critical month in the our COVID-19 recovery journey. Over the last few weeks, businesses and public spaces have reopened and there have been many more people outside and around others. With increased contact between non-household members, there are many more opportunities for COVID-19 transmission, especially if public health guidelines are not met. As we are seeing in many other states, if we cannot find ourselves following safety precautions, including face-to-face coverage and distancing ourselves from others, we jeopardize our ability to move forward on the recovery journey. ”
Los Angeles County will see a drop in dose supply this week due to what is expected to be a temporary shortfall in the availability of Johnson & Johnson single-dose shots.
But while the decline in county-controlled supply is worrisome (and short-lived), it is still expected that approximately half a million doses will be available in the county, thanks to other city and non-county providers receiving direct allocations. of state and federal governments.
“Altogether, we estimate that more than 500,000 doses of vaccine will be allocated to vaccination sites across the county,” Dr. Paul Simon, head of science at the county health department.
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The county’s vaccine allocation for next week is expected to amount to 323,470, Simon said. This is a drop of approximately 74,000 doses compared to last week, with the reduction due to a significant drop in the availability of the Johnson & Johnson single dose vaccine. The county received about 97,000 doses of this vaccine last week, but will only receive about 20,000 this week.
Simon said county Pfizer and Moderna vaccine allocations will increase, but not enough to offset Johnson & Johnson’s decline. He said he is confident Johnson & Johnson’s supply will recover in the coming weeks, and overall the county is on track to vaccinate much of the adult population in early summer.
“At the pace we’re going, we’ll be able to get where we want to be by the end of June, as long as people keep showing up to get vaccinated,” Simon said. “… But over a period of several weeks as things open up – and we’ve seen it in the past as other groups re-elected – there’s this rush in a period of one or two weeks, and there is nothing to prevent it.
“So I think we will urge the public to be patient, but we are confident that we will be able to meet everyone’s needs over the next few weeks,” he said.
Simon also noted that when everyone 16 and older becomes eligible, it creates one more challenge for people who have less access to online dating sites, as a wider portion of the population with greater access on the computer deletes them.
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“We are quite concerned about this opening of eligibility … that those who have fewer resources, have less ability to browse these online dating systems or face waits on our call line will have more difficulty getting appointments “, he said. “And that could have the unfortunate consequence of making these disparities worse … And so we’re going to be working very, very hard to make sure we work with the community organizations that serve these communities to make it a little easier for us to get appointments “.
As of April 4, a total of 4,715,894 vaccine doses have been administered in the county, including 1,652,149 seconds. Simon noted that the number represented an increase of 702,000 over the previous nine days, an average of about 78,000 doses administered daily during this period.