The move is made for people who received their first dose of Pfizer vaccine and needed their second after 21 days, Manuel Martinez told the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Provincial officials on Friday reported slow but steady progress in coronavirus vaccination efforts, but said less than 3% of the population had been fully vaccinated, and it would be difficult to make appointments for first doses for the time being.
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According to dr. Paul at the seven large-scale vaccination centers operated by the province will be given a limited number of first doses on Monday. The rest of the week’s appointments are reserved exclusively for people who need their second dose of medicine. Simon, chief scientific officer for the country’s health department. To make an appointment, you must also provide documentation.
The province is currently in Phase 1B of admissions to vaccines, which include people aged 65 and older, with the next group consisting of educators, teachers, childcare workers, food and agricultural workers and emergencies.
“So many people want to be vaccinated. This site can easily vaccinate 4000 people a day, really 4000 cars, and we simply do not have vaccines. Today we could only release 1100 appointments,” said Barbara Ferrer. , Director of Public Health in LA County.
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Simon said that although only the province’s seven vaccine locations will administer the second dose this week, residents in other locations may experience problems as all providers deal with the shortage of vaccines.
“Unfortunately, the biggest problem we are able to vaccinate with is the scarce supply and volatility in the amount of vaccine we receive week-to-week,” Simon said. ‘It was a problem all over the country and it makes planning challenging. ‘
According to Simon, the latest figures indicate that to date, more than 1.05 million vaccine doses have been administered in the country, including more than 104,000 seconds. This means that 2.6% of the country’s population of people aged 16 and over has been fully vaccinated so far. About 11% of the population aged 16 and over received at least one dose.
The slow progress of the vaccination program has led some residents to be creative in finding ways to manipulate the appointment system to gain access to the shots.
Some people who are not yet able to get the vaccine have lingered at the vaccination sites with the small chance that there should be leftover doses at the end of the day to avoid it. Ferrer said there were problems this week with people claiming to be caregivers of disabled children and showing up at a general, Xeroxed letter at vaccines identifying them as such.
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Simon outlined another way that some people try to get away with. According to Simon, people who received emails from the country to schedule an appointment for a second dose of the vaccine shared the unique web link included in the email with friends. The people ‘then plan a first dose appointment, although they are not eligible at the moment.’
“It is important for people to understand that these actions take away access to vaccination from people at high risk who are currently eligible for a vaccine,” Simon said. ‘When we identify these appointments, they are canceled. I want the public to be aware that people who do not qualify and show up at one of our sites with one of these shared appointments will be turned down. ‘
He said he did not have figures on how many people tried to jump that way, but “it happened enough so that we noticed it very clearly.”
Simon said the country is trying to figure out a way to modify the computer system to make such appointments.
City News Service contributed to this report.
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