Fresno County health officials seeing improvement in vaccination efforts
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By Friday, about 80,000 first doses and 20,000 second doses had been administered. It s a phenomenal time right now because we hit our first 100,000 doses in Fresno County, says Community Health Division Manager Joe Prado. Definitely a high clap for that because this is what Fresno County can do when we all come together through all of our partnerships and collaboration.
This week, county public health officials say they received 19,000 vaccines instead of their usual 8,000.
Next week, the allotment is expected to be 18,000 doses.
The health department says come March, it ll still be making headway in the Phase 1B category. That category includes seniors, educators, emergency, grocery, and agriculture workers.
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Fresno County working to vaccinate more citizens with increased allotment
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) Fresno County s vaccine allotment more than doubled this week, and health officials say that means the next couple of weeks will be crucial in getting many of those doses into the arms of residents.
During their update on Tuesday, county public health officials say they received 19,000 vaccines instead of their usual 8,000.
Community Division manager, Joe Prado, says they re working on mobilizing vaccines into rural areas. So in our rural areas, we are mobilizing on some of the unincorporated areas, and also in Orange Cove, he said. We ll be in the Lanere area are looking at the Riverdale area on Thursday.