Six months into being eligible, just 16% of Sheriff’s Department staff reported being vaccinated. At vaccination clinics held by the Orange County Fire Authority, only 53% of the agency’s frontline workers chose to get vaccinated.
Tag: Coronavirus vaccine
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Will School Vaccination Sites Help Close the Latino COVID-19 Gap?
Now that children 5 and older can get vaccinated, public health experts say vaccine gaps in hard-hit communities might close, while also curbing the possibilities of a new variant emerging.
Posted inGovernment
Stanton City Council to Consider Making COVID Vaccine Mandatory For Employees, Contractors and Volunteers
If the proposed policy is approved, employees who refuse to comply with the mandate could lose their job.
Posted inCollegiate News Service
Mission Viejo Authorizes Recovery of COVID-19 Vaccination Effort Expenses
An agreement with the County of Orange will reimburse the city for staffing vaccination sites within the city’s jurisdiction.
Posted inNEWS
Santa Ana College Vaccination Site Opens Wednesday; Racial Vaccination Inequities Persist Across OC and CA
White people are getting vaccinated at far greater numbers than nonwhite populations statewide. That gap is apparently wider in Orange County.
