Tulare County health officials to fix loophole that led to ineligible vaccine registrations
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) In the South Valley, a large number of people who aren t yet eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine were able to sign up for the shot.
The problem was revealed by Tulare County s health and human services director at a board of supervisors meeting this morning.
For some context, the county is currently only vaccinating those in Phase 1A, which includes healthcare workers and residents of long-term care facilities.
The county s COVID-19 Phase 1A vaccination webpage has a disclaimer that the site is only intended for groups currently eligible for a shot, and a note that those groups will need to show proof once they show up for their appointment.
A state panel evaluating who should be next in line to receive COVID-19 vaccines has recommended the next group of those who should be vaccinated are essential workers, seniors and teachers.
That s the recommendation made by the state s community vaccine advisory panel on Wednesday. The recommendation is similar to one made on Sunday by a federal advisory panel. That panel endorsed âfrontline essential workersâ as among the groups who should be next in line to receive the vaccine.
Essential workers such as grocery store clerks, first responders would be among the next groups to receive the vaccine. Seniors 75 and older would also be among those to be in that group to be vaccinated. Teachers are in that group as well.
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Grim, dire, alarming. Those were the words used by Kaweah Delta Hospital CEO Gary Herbst to describe the situation his hospital is facing when it comes to the COVID-19 surge that has happened over the last month.
Herbst and Sierra View Medical Center CEO Donna Hefner joined Tulare County Health and Human Services Director Tim Lutz during his weekly presentation on the status of COVID-19 in the county at Tuesday s Tulare County Board of Supervisors meeting. All three described a situation in which local hospitals are reaching a breaking point when it comes to dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lutz said about the ongoing surge and if it continues it could become âtoo large for our hospitals to manage. We re really at a critical point.â
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