The day the coronavirus death toll in California reached 30,000, other locations such as Disneyland and DJ Stadium were established as vaccination super sites.
Newly confirmed infections are rising at a staggering level of more than a quarter-million a week and a record 1,163 deaths were reported over the weekend – Orange County surpassed 2,000 reported.
Equipped with visitors for months due to the epidemic, Disneyland will soon see thousands of guests as it serves as one of Orange County’s five planned mass vaccination sites.
County officials announced the deal on Monday, Jan. 11, to use the theme park in an effort to increase inoculation as more than 2,200 Orange County residents hospitalized with the virus.
“Disneyland Resort, the largest employer in the center of Orange County, has stepped forward to host the county’s first Super POD (point-of-dispensing) site – a commemorative work in our vaccination distribution process,” said Andrew Doe, chairman of Supervisors Chairman. Said in the release.
Supervisor Dr. Chag Chafi, whose district includes Disneyland, said his constituents were “greatly affected by COVID-19. This super POD is quite complex in preventing this deadly virus. ”
The county has not shared details of how or where the vaccination site will run on Disneyland property, but a news release said it will open later this week – by appointment only – to those who live or work in Orange County and are based on the state’s priority list. Character.
The state is currently in the top priority stages of inoculation, targeting people working in health care, including hospital, lab and pharmacy staff, paramedics and EMTs, home health assistants, as well as long-term care facility residents and workers.
Most eligible workers will be notified by their employer and instructed to make an appointment through the County Development Assistant, Othena, Application.
Disneyland Parks Chief Medical Dr. Fischer Dr. Pamela Hamel said, “Disneyland Resort is proud to support Orange County and the city of Anheim in the use of our assets, and we are grateful for all their efforts to combat COVID-19. Experiences and products, said. “A year after so many people in our community are facing unprecedented difficulties and uncertainty, there is now reason to be optimistic about vaccine administration.”
Other mass vaccination sites planned by the county have not been named – spokeswoman Molly Nichelsen said contracts are still being finalized – but OIS and Voice is OC previously reported that they will be located at the Costa Mesa Grounds, Orange County Great Park in Irvine, Not Berry. May include Farm in Buena Park and Soka University Campus in Aliso Vijo.
Large-scale vaccinations will be given to thousands of medical personnel at baseball stadiums in Los Angeles and San Diego and at fairgrounds in Fresno and Sacramento. They are in cities transforming huge parking lots across the country into large vaccination centers to increase inoculation after initial rollout fell short of expectations.
Government Gavin News acknowledged that the rollout of vaccinations has been very slow and promised to deliver 1 million shots this week, more than double what has been done so far.
News will be called the “all-hand-deck approach” to those efforts, which include vaccinations by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, dentists, paramedics and emergency medical technicians, and members of the California National Guard.
Orange Range County is also recruiting volunteers to help run its sites, including those with medical training and others to perform medical tasks. County officials have set a target of completing all vaccinations by July 4.
California currently ranks third nationally, behind Texas and New York, with nearly 40,000 deaths. It took California six months to record its first 10,000 deaths. But, in just one month, the total has grown from 20,000 to 30,000, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University.
However, News & M and the state’s top health official, Dr. Mark Galli said there is a certainty of hope with the start of hospital admissions in the last week and the vaccination to move into gendarme gear.
California Secretary Gali said admissions to the new hospital dropped by about 500,500,000 per month to about 6,500,000 earlier this month, marking a “significant difference” from Christmas and Hanukkah on the previous holiday, “as important as we thought.” No, ”said California Secretary Gali. Health and Human Services Agency.
Nevertheless, recent horrific jumps in new positive cases show that the state may take the time to prepare itself for what officials still expect at the top of the month in the part governed by the New Year celebrations.
The state could have “a little breathing room,” Gali said, enough to prepare hospitals so they can provide enough oxygen to medical facilities and when sending patients home, and to add 1,000 new contract medical personnel by another. Before 1,000 or more bullish peaks.
“I don’t want to think that we’re out of the woods at any point,” Galli later added. That moment seems encouraging. ”
Information about Orange County vaccination efforts is available at Octavid 19.ochealthinfo.com/covid-19-vaccine-res.
The report is contributed by Associated Press and Staff Writer Brad D. Mac MacDonald.
