EL CENTRO – Starting today, all county providers enrolled in California’s COVID-19 vaccine program may begin administering vaccinations to patients within all eligible groups.
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EL CENTRO â Imperial County Supervisor Jesus Eduardo Escobar wants to know how the more contagious COVID-19 variant will impact the already strapped hospitals.
âThe ICU capacity is nil,â he said. âWe will see more and more people (test positive). With new strains coming do we see a flattening of the curve?â
Even though the positively rate for those tested is well above 40 percent, the county is encouraging those showing symptoms to get tested
âThe Imperial County Public Health Department continues to encourage Imperial Valley residents to get tested, especially those who are symptomatic,â said Jeff Lamoure, deputy director of the Imperial County Public Health Department. âThe purpose of testing is to identify those who are positive so they can be treated, if needed, and quickly isolated to prevent spread.â
Imperial County: local hospitals ready to receive COVID-19 vaccine
Both hospitals running low on intensive care unit beds
EL CENTRO, Calif.(KYMA, KECY) - Imperial County Public Health Officer Stephen Munday said the county has several freezers ready for the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it comes to our area.
“We have already been meeting and preparing all this behind the scene stuff. To make sure we were ready so that the instant it hits our community we are ready to start using it, again once it’s approved it, we’ll receive our doses, we’ll get it distributed because our hospitals already have the necessary freezers required,” said Stephen Munday, Imperial County Public Health Officer.