Riverside supervisors ‘enraged’ and ‘appalled’ that neighboring counties received more vaccine per capita. Here’s why. If we had more supply, we could actually do three to four times as many vaccines per day, immediately,” Dr. Geoffrey Leung of Riverside University Health System told the Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning.
While it s no surprise the demand for the coronavirus vaccine is far outpacing the supply, what did upset supervisors was that Riverside County was receiving fewer doses per capita than neighboring counties.
“I’m actually absolutely astounded.
In per capita, we thought there were equitable amounts going to our different counties.”
Riverside County Calls Out 'Inequitable' Vaccine Distribution - Banning-Beaumont, CA - Concerns also mount over whether vaccinated county residents will be able to get their second doses in a timely manner.
Riverside County lowers vaccine eligibility age to 70 as demand grows
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) Riverside County residents who are age 70 and older are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at county-run clinics.
The county lowered the age eligibility from 75 after reviewing the number of appointments that were being made.
The newly available appointments are for the 3,400 slots at the 31 clinics in Hemet, Lake Elsinore, Beaumont, Menifee, Corona, Indio and Perris.
According to the Riverside University Health System, the county has received 241,750 Pfizer and Moderna SARS-Cov-2 vaccine doses, and roughly 91% of that stock has already been administered.
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The number of known active virus cases countywide is 51,057 down 3,973 from Tuesday. The active count is derived by subtracting deaths and documented recoveries from the current total 277,724 according to the county Executive Office.
Verified patient recoveries countywide are at 223,389, according to RUHS. 22-year-old Joe DiMeo of New Jersey is the world’s first successful face and double-hand transplant.
Riverside County Emergency Management Director Bruce Barton told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that the county s available ICU space remains at 0%, along with the 11-county Southern California region. However, he pointed out that the peak in hospitalizations now appears to have been in the second week of January, with signs pointing to a continuing decline, though it was unclear when the county might recover to pre-surge levels.
Today marks one year since a flight from Wuhan lands in Riverside
On this day just one year ago, the pandemic arrived at our doorsteps.
Jan. 29 marks the day in which a plane carrying up to 201 U.S. citizens evacuating the Wuhan region of China, where the coronavirus outbreak was first detected, arrived at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside.
The evacuees were greeted by a team of medical personnel in hazmat suits once they landed.
Afterwards, they were taken to a base medical facility for evaluation.
The passengers were initially under a voluntary 72-hour quarantine.
However, one passenger attempted to leave the