Clinica Sierra Vista pauses COVID vaccinations in Fresno out of an abundance of caution
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) Clinica Sierra Vista announced it is pausing all COVID vaccinations, including at its Fresno location, after as many as 10 people in California had allergic reactions to one particular lot of the Moderna vaccine.
Was at Clinica Sierra Vista in southwest Fresno today as people got their Moderna vaccines - they just announced they re pausing all vaccinations.
Important note: they say everyone who received a vaccination today DID NOT receive a dose from the shipment in question @ABC30pic.twitter.com/xenANJ8ntj Brandon Johansen ABC30 (@BrandonABC30) January 18, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic touched and impacted everyoneâs life in some way, shape or form in 2020.
It began in mid-March, when the first case hit Kern County and Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide stay-at-home order less than a week later.
And it continues today, with coronavirus raging across the county, sectors of the local economy hindered or shuttered all together, and education and religious services having a drastically altered appearance at the close of 2020.
Hereâs how the pandemic shaped the community over the past year:
SURGING CASES
There have been about 1,000 new COVID-19 infections reported each day for the past three weeks. There are more active infections than at any point previously this year and hospitals are stretched to the limits in their ability to care for the sick. Critical care beds are running out.
Why the Moderna vaccine is important for the Valley s rural areas
More than 670,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine are set to arrive soon.
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) More hope and help is on the way to California.
A half-million Pfizer shots have been distributed across the state so far, and now more than 670,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine are set to arrive soon.
Just days after getting the green light from the Food and Drug Administration, the vaccine is expected to arrive in Central California for distribution in the coming days. This area is exploding with cases, ICU capacity in some areas is at zero so this is really timely to begin this process, to vaccinate and help end this pandemic, said Tim Calahan with Clinica Sierra Vista.
Coronavirus update: Fresno death toll sets new record as city weighs shutdown order
Fresno Bee 12/23/2020 Nadia Lopez, The Fresno Bee
Dec. 22 As one of the regions facing the highest increase in coronavirus cases across the state, Fresno County on Monday reported 89 new COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the countywide total to 646 since the pandemic began, according to state data.
The county also added 952 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, pushing the total to 58,568 since March.
December is now Fresno County s deadliest related month tied to the pandemic with about 167 deaths. The previous record was 152 deaths in August.
Frontline healthcare workers at Clinica Sierra Vista in Fresno and Kern counties will be first in line to receive the first doses of Moderna s recently approved coronavirus vaccination sometime this week, the hospital confirmed Monday.