Riverside County leaders discuss COVID vaccine timeline
Riverside County could receive more than 14,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine as soon as Tuesday, county health officials revealed on Friday.
Although health officials say it won t be a cure-all right away, it could help as county and state ICU capacities are pushed to the limit. Our current ICU utilization is about 95% so we have about 5% of our licensed ICU capacity together, said Bruce Barton, Director of Emergency Services for Riverside County.
Resources have been stretched thin as hospitals throughout Riverside County struggle for adequate staffing.
On Friday county leaders joined Supervisor Manuel Perez for a virtual briefing to discuss the latest in hospitalizations, ICU capacity and other concerns surrounding coronavirus.
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