Residents 16 and older could already be vaccinated against COVID-19 on Tuesday in city locations in Los Angeles, officials said Sunday.
“The opening of the vaccine for all Angelenos who are 16 and older is a major milestone in our efforts to get more shots into the arms and defeat COVID-19 once and for all,” said Mayor Garcetti. calls for patience 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: once vaccines are available, we are ready to administer them quickly. and safe. ‘
Appointments for the vaccines 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 Moderna vaccine and 56,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week, and there are still about 15,000 doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccine available. The vaccination sites in the city will be able to administer more than 130,000 doses to Angelenos – including about 60,000 first-dose appointments and 70,000 second-dose appointments – at its nine permanent sites and its Mobile Outreach for Vaccine Equity program.
The city is also taking over the operations from government officials at the vaccination center in the state of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Fire Department will lead the team at Cal State LA, supported by Community Organized Relief Effort staff, as well as those contracted locally by the FEMA.
In addition to Cal State LA, the city will deliver doses at 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 sites are open Tuesday to Saturday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Dodger Stadium, which only offers appointments until 1 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday this week to accommodate home games, though the site will remain open until 4 p.m.
Los Angeles County also reported 546 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 additional deaths on Sunday, though the lower number of deaths may reflect the delay in reporting over the weekend.
According to state figures, the number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals decreased from 492 on Saturday to 470 on Sunday, which is usually a day ahead of the numbers provided by the country. The number of COVID patients in intensive care has dropped from 125 to 116.
According to the Los Angeles Department of Public Health, the province’s numbers have risen to 1,225,996 cases and 23,477 deaths since the pandemic.
On Saturday, the department reported an additional 11 cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.
The new cases of MIS-C brought the total to 169 cases in the country, including one infant death. All 169 were admitted to the hospital and 39% of the children were treated in the ICU. Of the children with MIS-C, 26% were under the age of 5 years, 31% were between 5 and 9, 27% were between 10 and 14 and 16% were between 15 and 20. Latino / Latinx children are 75% of the reported cases.
MIS-C is a serious inflammatory condition associated with COVID-19 that affects children under 21 years of age. Symptoms include non-disappearing fever and inflamed body parts including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes or gastrointestinal organs. Parents who believe their child is showing MIS-C symptoms are asked to contact their primary care physician or an urgent care provider.
While we are making tremendous progress with the spread of COVID-19 in our country, there is still great sadness, ” Barbara Ferrer, director of public health, said on Saturday. “… April is a critical month in our COVID-19 recovery journey. Over the past few weeks, businesses and public spaces have reopened, and many more people have been outside and around others. With greater contact among non-domestic members, there is much more opportunities for the transmission of COVID-19, especially if public health guidelines are not followed, as we see in many other states, if we can not find it in us to follow safety measures, including wearing face as when we are around others, we jeopardize our ability to continue on the recovery journey. ‘
Los Angeles County will see a drop in its supply of doses this week due to a temporary shortage of availability of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson shots.
But while the decline in provincial-controlled supply is worrying – and that timing is poor – there are still expected to be around half a million available doses in the country, thanks to other non-provincial or city providers receiving direct grants from the state and federal governments.
“In summary, we estimate that more than 500 000 doses of vaccine will be allocated to vaccination sites in the country,” said Dr. Paul Simon, chief scientific officer for the health department, said.
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The province’s vaccine allocation for next week is expected to be 323,470, Simon said. This is a decrease of about 74,000 doses from last week, with the reduction due to a large decrease in the availability of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine. The country received about 97,000 doses of the vaccine last week, but will receive about 20,000 doses this week alone.
Simon said the allocation of Pfizer and Modern vaccines in the country would increase, but not enough to fill the Johnson & Johnson deduction. He said he remains confident that the Johnson & Johnson supply will recover in the coming weeks, and in general the country is on track to get many of the adult population vaccinated by early summer.
“At the rate we are going, we will be able to get where we want to be by the end of June, as long as people continue to get vaccinated,” Simon said. … But over a period of a few weeks as things open up – and we’ve seen this in the past when other groups came into consideration – there’s a rush over a period of a week or two. , and there’s just no reason for it.
“I think we will encourage the public to be patient, but we are confident that we will be able to provide for everyone’s needs in the coming weeks,” he said.
Simon also noted that when everyone 16 years and older is eligible, it creates a further challenge for people who have less access to online dating sites, as a larger section of the population with greater computer access displaces them.
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“We are very concerned about opening up the suitability … that those with fewer resources, less ability to navigate these online dating systems or wait on our hotline will be harder to make appointments,” he said. “And it can have the unfortunate consequence that these differences are exacerbated. … And so we’re going to work really hard to make sure we work with the community organizations that serve these communities to make it a little easier for them to to get appointments. ‘
As of April 4, a total of 4,715,894 doses of vaccine have been administered in the country, including 1,652,149 doses. Simon noted that the number represents an increase of 702,000 during the previous nine days, meaning that on average about 78,000 doses are administered daily during the period.