No one who received their initial dose at MCDPH is in jeopardy of missing their required second dose, officials said.ĭue to a shortage of supply, all planned vaccine clinics at the Social Services Building are cancelled for the remainder of the week of Jan 22nd. Second doses have been reserved for those who received their first dose. Those whose appointments were canceled can expect a phone call and email notification to reschedule. Those getting a cancellation call will receive priority scheduling as soon as the vaccine supply permits. MCDPH staff, Madera County 311 Operators, and Madera County Sheriff’s Office Volunteers have told people with appointments about the cancellations. In a press release, Madera County Department of Public Health said that due to a vaccine shortage all planned vaccination clinics at the Social Services Building were canceled for the remainder of this week. “We are also waiting on vaccines to roll out to our various health centers,” says Phillips. Phillips says they have several other locations scattered throughout the county that will be used for vaccine administration. “We are not scheduling any more mobile events until early February.” “No more mobile events are scheduled until the County can provide more doses to us,” says United Health Center Community Development Officer David Phillips to GV Wire℠ by email.
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The schedule is full for both days with a total of 1,000 vaccinations. The United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley have two more drive-thru vaccination clinics set for Thursday and Friday at the Central High School East campus. "I'm hoping that this will be a partial solution to our pandemic and our social problems," Osborne said.“No more mobile events are scheduled until the County can provide more doses to us.” – United Health Center Community Development Officer David Phillips They can't wait to come back for their second dose in the weeks to come. "Everybody's been incredibly friendly and professional, and it's a great experience," said Richard Osborne, one of the roughly 1,200 Tulare County residents to get their first dose of the Moderna vaccine on Friday. "We will do our due diligence to get communications directly to you once you're eligible and once we have enough vaccine to serve you on how and where you can get an appointment to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Tulare County." "Let us know your age and your occupation," Monteiro said. She adds that the fastest way to find out when you can get the shot is by filling out the county's COVID-19 vaccine interest form. "In doing so, those appointments filled up within an hour."Īs the county receives new shipments of the vaccine and builds their volunteer base, Tulare County Public Health Spokesperson Carrie Monteiro says there will be more mass vaccination sites like the one in Tulare. "So those in Tulare County who participated in our interest form and marked 65 and older, we quickly executed direct communications to them last evening to make an appointment directly for our vaccinations today and tomorrow," Monteiro said.
The shots at the Agri-Center are only for Phase 1A workers who made an appointment, as well as some 65 and older residents who were added to the list on Thursday night. Under normal circumstances, the venue would be gearing up for Tulare County's largest annual event-the World Ag Expo.īut COVID-19 concerns forced organizers to cancel this year's show. More than 2,000 vaccinations are scheduled to take place at the International Agri-Center site on Friday and Saturday.
"It's a very exciting day here in Tulare County, a very exciting time," Tulare County Public Health's Carrie Monteiro said. "(I) pre-registered online yesterday, came out here today, and we're just flying through here," Sisemore said. So by the time Jerry Sisemore drove up for his appointment on Friday afternoon, there wasn't much of a wait at all. (KFSN) - In the first two hours of Tulare County's first COVID-19 mass vaccination event on Friday, volunteers administered 800 shots.Įxcitement was so high that some people showed up ahead of their scheduled appointment. In the first two hours of Tulare County's first COVID-19 mass vaccination event on Friday, volunteers administered 800 shots.
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