The possibility that Fresno could get picked for a mass vaccination site supported by federal emergency and state public health agencies would be "great," says County Supervisor Buddy Mendes, but more shipments of vaccine would be even better. "The thing is, we'd rather have the vaccine," says Mendes, who is...
CVS Pharmacy COVID-19 Vaccination Launch Pushed Back One Day
[aggregation-styles] NBC San Diego CVS Pharmacy on Tuesday announced it is pushing back the start date for its COVID-19 vaccination program at California stores to Friday to ensure sufficient supplies of doses. The program was originally scheduled to launch Thursday. The pharmacy chain will be administering COVID-19 vaccines at 100...
Fresno County Says No More ‘First’ COVID Vaccinations Until Mid-February
As Governor Gavin Newsom was touting the benefits of new FEMA mass distribution vaccine sites in Oakland and Los Angeles, officials at the Fresno County Department of Public Health were left scratching their heads as to why the Central Valley was left out. "Fresno County was not chosen to host...
Clovis CVS Pharmacies Will Offer COVID Vaccine Next Week. Here’s How to Sign Up.
CVS will begin to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to eligible populations starting February 11 at a limited number of its pharmacy locations across 11 states, including California, the company announced Tuesday. We already know of several Valley locations. "Clovis, Modesto and Bakersfield," are all on the list according to an email from...
Vaccine Shortfall Prompts Karbassi Letter to Biden: “We Are in Dire Need”
Fresno County has the ability to vaccinate 40,000 people a week, Councilman Mike Karbassi says, but local health officials received just 8,000 doses from the state a few days ago. "If the state isn't going to show us some love, maybe the president will," said Karbassi to GV Wire℠by Zoom....
Fresno County Asked for 38,000 COVID Vaccine Doses. It Got Just 8,000.
The supply of COVID-19 vaccine is slowing considerably and falling far short of demand in Fresno County, health officials said Friday. Joe Prado, the county's community health manager , said he requested 38,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the state this week, but received only enough supply for 8,000 shots. "It's...
Texas Doctor Accused of Stealing COVID-19 Vaccine To Give To His Family and Friends
[aggregation-styles] CBS News A Houston area health department doctor is accused by prosecutors of stealing nine doses of coronavirus vaccine from a damaged vial and administering them to family and friends. But Hasan Gokal insists he did nothing wrong and was only trying to ensure the vaccine was not wasted,...
County Likely To Scale Back Vaccination Goal Over Uncertain Allocations
Fresno County health officials say they used to get at least a two week notice about how much COVID-19 vaccine they would receive from the state. That was before the announcement last week by the federal government that they didn't have additional vaccine doses in reserve like they'd previously stated....
County Hits Goal of 3,000 COVID Vaccinations in a Day. More Sites Coming On Line.
The Fresno County Department of Public Health met its goal of administering 3,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine a day by hitting the target on Friday. "The goal was reached through the combined effort of three local vaccination operations that began this week. We're definitely right above that," Fresno County's community...
J&J’s One-Shot COVID Vaccine Is Safe and Generates Promising Immune Response in Early Trial
[aggregation-styles] CNBC Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose coronavirus vaccine is safe and appears to generate a promising immune response in both young and elderly volunteers, according to trial data published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. J&J scientists randomly assigned healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 55...