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File: A pharmacist at UCI Health Center preps a COVID-19 vaccine. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
All 16,000 Los Angeles County firefighters and paramedics should receive their first dose of COVID-19 vaccines by Sunday.
That includes first responders who work for the cities of Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach, which operate their own independent fire departments, as well as emergency medical technicians with private ambulance services. City of Los Angeles firefighters have also begun receiving the vaccine.
Dr. Marianne Gausche Hill, medical director of the county s Emergency Medical Services Agency, says the effort to fast-track those vaccinations comes as local hospitals continue to be inundated with COVID-19 patients. The state reported earlier that intensive care unit capacity throughout Southern California remains at 0%, and the stay-at-home order for the region has been extended indefinitely.
More than half of all coronavirus outbreaks reported at child care and early education programs in Los Angeles County since the pandemic began have stemmed from the recent record surge in COVID-19 cases.
There are 22 open investigations into sites with three or more cases in staff and children. Since June, 40 outbreaks have been recorded. I want to give a lot of credit to all of our providers, or our childcare providers, they ve done an amazing job, said L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer at a media briefing last week. For many, many months, taking care of small children, young children and using a lot of safety and there have been very, very few cases.