California to spend $33 million to combat vaccine hesitancy, reach more communities
Sacramento Bee 6 hrs ago Michael McGough, The Sacramento Bee
May 5 California plans to shift its strategy for COVID-19 vaccination, as demand has been slowing while more than one-third of adults still have not received a first dose.
Gov. Gavin Newsom s office said Tuesday that, in order to bolster vaccine access in hard-to-reach communities, the state is moving away from mass vaccination sites and toward more targeted outreach with small clinics in communities with the highest disease burden.
The governor s office in a news release announced an additional $33 million in funding to support community-based organizations that work to vaccinate hard-to-reach communities, address vaccine hesitancy or otherwise support the vaccination campaign.
County schedules more vaccine clinics as hundreds of appointments went unfilled last week
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Yolo County Supervisor Oscar Villegas of West Sacramento receives his second Pfizer dose at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic held at La Superior Mercados, a Woodland grocery store, last week.
La Superior will host another clinic where the Johnson and Johnson vaccine will be administered from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
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Yolo County has four public COVID-19 vaccine clinics scheduled for this week with no appointments necessary as the supply of vaccine locally now exceeds demand.
At recent county-run clinics, “hundreds of appointments went unfilled and available doses went back into freezers instead of into arms,” Yolo County Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson said Tuesday.
Many options for free COVID-19 testing in February
Free COVID-19 testing will be plentiful in February, from daily saliva-based testing in Davis to nasal-swab testing at sites throughout Yolo County.
Healthy Davis Together began offering its saliva-based testing for anyone who lives or works in Davis at the Veterans Memorial Center, 203 E 14th St., last week. Testing there is in addition to that taking place at the Davis Senior Center, 646 A St., and Mondavi Center, 523 Mrak Hall Drive.
Testing at the Vets is available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (closed for lunch from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.).