Changes to CA blueprint means Grizzlies home opener will have fans in stands
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) As Fresno County inches closer to the red tier, public health officials announced promising trends, including a decline in daily COVID-19 case rates and more than 199,000 vaccine doses distributed.
Fresno County Public Health Officer Dr. Rais Vohra said, I really hope we don t slip during this last mile of the marathon.
With the state dedicating 40% of vaccines to vulnerable areas, Fresno County says it s a distribution target they ve likely already reached thanks in large part to community partners.
Community Health Division Manager Joe Prado said, We wouldn t be where we re at today with addressing vaccine hesitancy, with addressing lab testing. We have to think back to the beginning of the pandemic. There were a lot of people who didn t want to get tested.
Changes to CA blueprint means Grizzlies home opener will have fans in stands
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) As Fresno County inches closer to the red tier, public health officials announced promising trends, including a decline in daily COVID-19 case rates and more than 199,000 vaccine doses distributed.
Fresno County Public Health Officer Dr. Rais Vohra said, I really hope we don t slip during this last mile of the marathon.
With the state dedicating 40% of vaccines to vulnerable areas, Fresno County says it s a distribution target they ve likely already reached thanks in large part to community partners.
Community Health Division Manager Joe Prado said, We wouldn t be where we re at today with addressing vaccine hesitancy, with addressing lab testing. We have to think back to the beginning of the pandemic. There were a lot of people who didn t want to get tested.
Local health officials monitoring for COVID-19 variants
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) As Fresno County moves closer to re-opening more businesses, health officials are monitoring the risk that a variant of the COVID-19 virus could pose. What we are doing is asking our medical providers to really share any atypical cases that they have with us - for example (people who) got COVID, then got better and then got symptoms of COVID again. That s a red flag for us, says Fresno County Interim Health Officer Dr. Rais Vohra.
Vohra says samples from those cases could undergo variant testing at a state lab.
COVID vaccinations expanding to education and ag in Fresno County
The new priority will be people in food and ag or in education and child care.
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The wait for vaccines is just about over for people in some important lines of work.
Until now, Fresno County has focused vaccinations on senior citizens, healthcare workers, and emergency services such as law enforcement.
On Monday, the new priority will be people in food and ag or in education and child care. I know that we have done some pilot projects and some initial rollout, said public health director David Pomaville. We ve got both sectors, I believe, ready to start receiving vaccines March 1.
Fresno County COVID vaccinations going on the road You have to have access. Without access, there s no point, right?
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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) Fresno County community organizations are starting to take their COVID vaccinations on the road.
From the vial to the syringe to a patient s arm - that s the short trip for the Pfizer vaccines at a new UCSF Fresno Mobile HeaL vaccination site.
People over the age of 65 and community health workers like Imani Purvis got in line. It wasn t bad, Purvis said. It was actually really quick.
Purvis said she feels a lot more secure knowing antibodies will build up in her body over the next few weeks.