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After weeks of waiting, those 50 and older are eligible to receive their COVID-19 vaccinations.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. It was quite the sight on Saturday morning at Direct Relief’s headquarters, as volunteers from Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics delivered dozens of doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
“We are honored to have them here with us today to use our facility,” Direct Relief pharmacist Alycia Clark said.
Many of those that received their first shots included food and agriculture workers, who’ve been on the front lines serving society throughout the pandemic.
“This is the epitome of helping those who’ve been slammed the hardest by COVID,” Direct Relief president and CEO Thomas Tighe said.
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KCLU s Lance Orozco looks at the now year long global effort of Santa Barbara-based Direct Relief to help in the battle against COVID-19.
A forklift is moving a huge pallet of medical supplies though a more than 150,000 square foot warehouse in Santa Barbara. It’s been a huge year for Direct Relief, the non-profit organization which supplies medicine, and medical supplies to those in need around the world.
Thomas Tighe is Direct Relief’s President, and CEO. He says the shipments have been staggering, even for an organization used to making big deliveries to disaster zones. They include 82 million PPE items, 30,000 medical shipments, and 69 million masks in the last year.