New vaccination site for farmworkers opens in Fresno, more vaccines expected in CA next month
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FRESNO, Calif. Areas with large communities of farm and agriculture workers, including the Central Valley, will start seeing a boost in COVID-19 vaccine doses available next month, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday.
The governor visited the Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries (FIRM) in Fresno County, where the state has set up a new vaccine site to administer doses to farm workers in the area.
FIRM is one of ten sites that have popped up in rural communities within Central California. Earlier this week, Newsom visited a site set up in Arvin in Kern County.
California will set aside 10% of all first-round COVID-19 vaccine doses specifically for teachers, educators and childcare workers, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday.
An initial list provided by the state showed 10 counties in the inland sections of central and Southern California chosen to be the first to make the transition to the Blue Shield system this week, although one county said Friday it would shift later. While the counties understand the goals, there s confusion about what changes will occur.
Brynn Carrigan, Kern County s director of public health, said she was told that starting Sunday everyone must make appointments through the state s vaccine sign-up system, called My Turn. In neighboring Fresno County, a spokeswoman for St. Agnes Medical Center said it had no plans to switch its scheduling system.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is visiting Long Beach on Monday to highlight the city's leadership in administering COVID-19 vaccines to residents and to provide an update on the state's efforts to ramp up inoculations.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is visiting Long Beach on Monday to highlight the city's leadership in administering COVID-19 vaccines to residents and to provide an update on the state's efforts to ramp up inoculations.
Gov. Gavin Newsom visited two mobile vaccination sites in Los Angeles on Sunday to discuss the state's efforts to vaccinate hard-to-reach and disproportionately impacted communities in California.