Educators in San Bernardino and Ventura Counties now qualify for the coronavirus vaccine.
San Bernardino County announced Tuesday that teachers, school staff and licensed childcare providers who live or work in the county can sign up to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.
“Making vaccinations available to all teachers and school staff will allow many schools to bring students back into the classroom where they belong,” said Board of Supervisors Chairman Curt Hagman.
On Friday, the county’s adjusted case rate fell to a level that allowed K-6 schools to reopen as of this week, assuming they follow specific safety measures.
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KCLU s Lance Orozco reports that Ventura County has opened up vaccinations to its next tier of people early, a group which includes school employees, people in food services and agriculture, and those in law enforcement.
Ventura County is stepping up its vaccination process, opening the door to the next tier of vaccinations. Depending on the availability of appointments, essential workers in food and agriculture, education and childcare, and emergency services can get shots. Ventura County CEO Mike Powers says they realized they had some open vaccination appointments, and decided to step up who could get vaccinated.
The newly added groups were supposed to be eligible for vaccinations starting March 1st. Powers says the county’s goal is to have everyone in the education community from teachers to custodians vaccinated by the end of March, to help with school reopenings.
Essential workers now eligible for vaccines in Ventura County
CAMARILLO, Calif. Big news on the vaccine rollout in Ventura County Wednesday. Essential workers are now eligible to get the vaccine several days earlier than expected.
“Today is a good day with some good news about vaccine distribution,” said Dr. Cesar Morales, who is the Deputy Superintendent for the Ventura County Office of Education.
The vaccine rollout is taking a big step forward in Ventura County.
“We have decided to open the next eligible tier,” said Mike Powers, who is the Ventura County CEO. “That next tier includes essential workers across education, food and agriculture, and emergency response personnel.”
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Ventura County is now vaccinating farmworkers as part of a pilot program geared toward the region’s large agricultural sector.
The move precedes the vaccination of additional essential workers, who will be eligible for inoculations next week. At that time, county officials said they will extend access to occupational groups who are part of California’s Phase 1B vaccination tier, which in addition to farm and agricultural workers, includes teachers, child-care providers and first responders.
More than 100 farmworkers at Good Farms in Oxnard received a shot Friday as part of the pilot program aided by Ventura County’s Farmworker Resource Program, which launched in 2019, Supervisor Carmen Ramirez said during a public briefing.