If you’re hoping to sign up for your first dose of the coronavirus in L.A. County this week you may be out of luck. County health officials are instead zeroing in on people who need their second shot.
At the county-operated large-scale vaccination sites, only a limited number of first doses will be administered Monday, Feb. 8 -- the rest of the week’s mega-site appointments will be reserved solely for people in need of their second dose of the medication.
The struggle to get more vaccines to people in California who want them is real. As it stands, only frontline health workers, those living in retirement homes and anyone over 65 years of age are eligible.
According to reporting from ABC7, people in East L.A. waited in line Saturday outside Clínica Monseñor Oscar A. Romero, for the mearly 100 doses of the Moderna vaccine. A staggering 40% of the clinic's patients have tested positive for COVID-19, compared to the county's 16.5% positivity rate.
"A lot of undocumented people, a lot of essential workers come to Clinica Romero and they are the ones that are dying," Carlos Vaquerano, with the clinic told ABC7.
