COVID-19 vaccine schedules are available for local residents age 75 and older, as well as for health care workers, but each provider has its own enrollment system.
The Santa Barbara County Department of Public Health oversees distribution to hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and its own vaccination sites, while federal pharmaceutical partnership programs provide vaccine doses for qualified care and assisted living facilities.
There is a limited amount of vaccine doses across the country and around the world, and public health officials hope there will be increased deliveries in the coming months, especially as more vaccines are approved for use.
From now on, Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are distributed in the county and both require two doses (of the same type) to be fully effective.
Everyone should receive the second dose at the same place as the first dose, according to county officials.
There are approximately 36,000 people who are 75 years of age or older, so it will take weeks to get enough doses (two per person) to vaccinate all eligible people who want it. Health workers are still vaccinated and there are about 26,000 people in the county in this group.
As of Wednesday, the county was receiving about 6,000 doses of vaccine per week, with about 51,000 received so far. December deliveries were higher and largely reserved for health workers.
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– SBC Public Health (@SBCPublicHealth) January 22, 2021
All those who register for a meeting with the COVID-19 vaccine should bring a photo ID and proof of Santa Barbara County residence, which can be a photo ID if the address is local.
County officials note that people who are not eligible for a vaccine at this time should not make an appointment right now.
“You will be rejected at the vaccine site,” says the county. “This takes a meeting from someone who is eligible and slows down the process for everyone.”
(Chart of the Department of Public Health of Santa Barbara County)
The county directly schedules some vaccination meetings and has up-to-date information on its website here: https://publichealthsbc.org/vaccine/.
Sign up for updates on vaccines in the county, including information on available appointments, here: https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1937902/1753150/.
Vaccine suppliers in Santa Maria and Orcutt
Appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine are available at Marian Regional Medical Center for eligible county residents (age 75 or older) and health care workers: https://www.dignityhealth.org/central-coast/locations / marianregional / coronavirus.
To make an appointment, call 805.739.3815 or visit https://sugeni.us/Wg5A.
Pharmacies with limited appointments, according to the county, include:
»Sav-On Pharmacy, 2320 S. Broadway in Santa Maria. The online schedule and registration link are: https://kordinator.mhealthcoach.net/vcl/1609884413461.
»Sav-On Pharmacy, 1120 E. Clark Ave. in Orcutt. The online schedule and registration link are: https://kordinator.mhealthcoach.net/vcl/1609885376384.
Vaccine suppliers in Lompoc
Lompoc Valley Medical Center is administering the second dose to people who had the first dose there and will begin scheduling more appointments with the first dose when more doses of the vaccine are given, CEO Steve Popkin said in his community message on Friday.
Click here for more information on the LVMC vaccine.
In the meantime, Lompoc Valley residents who are eligible (over the age of 75) can contact the LVMC to enter a scheduling waiting list. E-mail [email protected] or call 805,875,8909.
“For those of you who received the first dose of vaccine (at LVMC), the date of return of the second dose is written on the back of the vaccination record card. You should come at the same time as for the first meeting with the dose, although that time is not written on the card “, he said.
As of Tuesday, the Santa Barbara County Department of Public Health reported 51,375 doses of COVID-19 vaccine ordered and distributed to vaccination providers. Separately, the Marian Regional Medical Center received nearly 13,000 doses as part of the dignified health system. (Chart of the Department of Public Health of Santa Barbara County)
Pharmacies with limited appointments, according to the county, include:
»Vons Pharmacy, 729 North H St. in Lompoc. The online schedule and registration link are: https://kordinator.mhealthcoach.net/vcl/1610479431744.
»Sav-On Pharmacy, 1500 North H St. in Lompoc. The online schedule and registration link are: https://kordinator.mhealthcoach.net/vcl/1609886485581.
Vaccine suppliers in Santa Barbara and Goleta
Public health director Van Do-Reynoso said this week that Cottage Health and Sansum Clinic, two of the largest vaccine providers in the area, have 19,000 people on waiting lists between appointments.
Cottage Health, which operates a vaccination site at Cottage Valley Goleta Hospital, said 13,000 people over the age of 75 have signed up to receive appointment notifications.
“In the 75-year-old age group, Cottage Health will open batches of appointments each week by sending notifications to groups in the order in which they are listed on the contact list for COVID-19 vaccines,” he said. it may be a few weeks before you receive a scheduling notification. ”
The link for more information and to subscribe to the list of notifications is here: https://www.cottagehealth.org/coronavirus-covid-19/.
As of Monday, Cottage Health had administered 4,558 doses to community members through the auto-up clinic and 7,141 doses to Cottage Health staff members.
Sansum Clinic schedules vaccination schedules for patients 75 years of age or older who receive ongoing care at Sansum Clinic and has more information available online here: https://covid19.sansumclinic.org/.
Notify patients via MyChart, the electronic medical record system, and mail notifications to people without these accounts.
“When you connect to MyChart, if there is an appointment available, even if it is long in the future, please schedule it as a substitute and do not consider it your last meeting. As our offer grows, we will work to move appointments to the earliest available date. By scheduling a future meeting, we can let you know when previous meetings will be available, ”says the Sansum Clinic.
Do you have any questions? Need help making a vaccination schedule?
Sign up for vaccine updates in the county, including information about available appointments, here: https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1937902/1753150/.
For questions about the COVID-19 vaccine and to help you make an appointment, residents can call 2-1-1 and select option 4. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, these calls go to the call center. county, where people are available to answer questions.
The state has launched the MyTurn website, where residents can sign up for notifications when they are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Click here: https://myturn.ca.gov/.
For more information on the vaccine, read the Noozhawk Coronavirus section and this Q&A about the county distribution plan.
Access this link for more information about the vaccine from the Department of Public Health: https://publichealthsbc.org/vaccine/.
The Department of Public Health also warns people to look for vaccine-related scams. Read more about it here: the county is warning people to beware of COVID-19 vaccine scams.
“The COVID-19 vaccine is distributed in Santa Barbara County in a fair and transparent way and always for free. If someone offers to sell you the chance to get vaccinated before it’s your turn, it’s a scam, “said Suzanne Grimmesey of the Department of Behavioral Health.
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