Residents aged 16 and over will be able to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as early as Tuesday, at city-administered sites in Los Angeles, officials said Sunday.
“Opening up vaccine eligibility for all Angelenos who are 16 years of age and older is a major step in our efforts to get more shots in several arms and defeat COVID-19 once and for all,” said Mayor Garcetti. “We urge patience as we continue to intensify our operations, obtain 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 deliver them quickly and safely. “
Vaccine appointments can be made here and are open to any Los Angeles County resident.
The city expects to receive nearly 60,000 doses of Moderna vaccine and 56,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine this week and still has about 15,000 doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccine available. Vaccination sites in the city will be able to administer more than 130,000 doses to Angelenos – including about 60,000 first doses and 70,000 doses – in its nine permanent locations and its Mobile Outreach for Vaccine Equity program, officials said.
The city is also taking over operations from state officials at the Cal State Vaccination Center in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Fire Department will lead the Cal State LA team, supported by Community Organized Relief Effort staff, as well as those hired locally for the site by FEMA.
In addition to Cal State LA, the city will deliver doses to 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 will be open Tuesday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Dodger Stadium, which will offer appointments only until 1 p.m. this week from Tuesday to Thursday to host home games, though the site will remain open until 16:00
Also on Sunday, Los Angeles County reported 546 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 additional deaths, although the lower number of deaths may reflect the reporting of weekend delays.
The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals fell from 492 on Saturday to 470 on Sunday, according to state figures, which are generally one day ahead of the number provided by the county. The number of patients with COVID in intensive care decreased from 125 to 116.
Sunday’s numbers brought the county’s totals to 1,225,796 cases and 23,477 deaths since the start of the pandemic, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
On Saturday, the department reported 11 more cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.
The new cases of MIS-C 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 at the ICU. Of the children with MIS-C, 26% were under the age of 5, 31% were between 5 and 9, 27% were between 10 and 14 and 16% were between 15 and 20. Latino / latinx children accounted for 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 swollen 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 are encouraged to contact their primary care physician or emergency care provider.
While we are making huge progress in spreading COVID-19 in our county, there is great sadness as well, ”said Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on Saturday. “… April is a critical month in our COVID-19 recovery journey. In the last few weeks, business and public spaces have reopened, and more people have been outside and around others. With increased contact between non-household members, there are many more opportunities to transmit COVID-19, especially if the public health directives are not complied with. wearing face coverings and distancing ourselves when we are around others jeopardizes our ability to move forward on the journey of recovery. “
Los Angeles County will see a drop in dose supply this week due to what is expected to be a temporary shortage in the availability of Johnson & Johnson single-dose photos.
But while the decline in county-controlled supply is worrying – and poorly timed – it is expected that there will still be about half a million doses available in the county, thanks to other non-county or city providers receiving direct allocations from state and federal governments. .
Taken together, we estimate that over 500,000 doses of vaccine will be allocated to vaccination sites in the county, “said Dr. Paul Simon, head of the county’s health department.
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The county’s vaccine allocation for next week is expected to total 323,470, Simon said. This is a decrease of approximately 74,000 doses compared to last week, with a reduction due to a major decrease in the availability of the Johnson & Johnson single dose vaccine. The county received about 97,000 doses of that vaccine last week, but will only receive about 20,000 this week.
Simon said the county’s allocations for Pfizer and Moderna vaccines will increase, but not enough to offset Johnson & Johnson’s abandonment. He said he remains confident that Johnson & Johnson’s offer will return in the coming weeks, and that the county is generally on track to vaccinate a large portion of the adult population by early summer.
“At the pace we’re going, we’ll be able to get to where we want to be by the end of June, as long as people keep coming for vaccinations,” Simon said. “… But over a period of a few weeks as things open up – and we’ve seen this in the past as other groups have become newly eligible – there’s that rush over a period of a week or two, and there’s no no solution to avoid this.
“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 in the coming weeks,” he said.
Simon also noted that when everyone 16 years of age or older becomes eligible, it creates an additional challenge for people who have less access to online dating sites, as a larger portion of the population has more access. on the computer he crowded them.
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“We are quite concerned about this opening of eligibility … that those with less resources, less ability to navigate these online dating systems or who face expectations on our call line will have more difficulty getting appointments, “he said. “And that could have the unfortunate consequence of worsening these disparities … And so we will really work, very hard to make sure we work with the community organizations that serve these communities to make it a little easier for them to receive appointments.”
Starting with April 4, a total of 4,715,894 vaccine doses were administered in the county, including 1,652,149 secondary doses. Simon noted that the number had increased by 702,000 in the last nine days, which means an average of about 78,000 doses given daily during this period.