Riverside County has made more appointments available for eligible residents to get the coronavirus vaccine. (UPDATE 3:30 p.m. – All the appointments are full.) Download the News Channel 3 app on the Apple Store or Google Play to get alerts on when new appointments or vaccine clinics are available. The county made more than 11,000 additional appointments available across
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All San Bernardino County residents ages 65 and over are now able to get the coronavirus vaccine. Vaccine tiers (As of 1/14/21) We know that our seniors are the most vulnerable to serious illness and death if they contract COVID-19 and we want to get them vaccinated as quickly as possible,” said Board of Supervisors
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Riverside County held a special live public health update answering some vaccine questions. You can watch full update here On Wednesday, the county announced that vaccines were now available for residents 65 years and older as well as more essential workers, such as teachers, law enforcement, & food/agriculture. Appointments to get vaccinated at one of
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New Cases Riverside County reported 2,880 new cases since Wednesday, bringing the total of cases up to 233,480. The Coachella Valley reported 563 cases in the valley (40,028 total). Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Riverside County reached 200,000 cases last Tuesday, doubling the number of cases in
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With so much information surrounding the coronavirus vaccine process, we’re helping to answer your questions. Local health experts joined Peter Daut at 6:30 pm on CBS Local 2 and Fox 11 to answer your coronavirus vaccine questions. You can send them to our e-mail, coronavirus@KESQ.com
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Hundreds of people lined up in Beaumont on Thursday as they waited to receive their first vaccine against coronavirus. The Beaumont clinic is the first in a new series of public health clinics in Riverside County since the expansion of eligibility to include more people than ever before. “It was a little tricky signing up
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UPDATE: A representative for Albertsons tells News Channel 3 the grocer is no longer setting appointments for vaccinations at their stores in Riverside County because they are fully booked through the end of January. She said all doses the company has received are accounted for. She also said the company is working to get more
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Youth soccer coach Paul Thompson coached players back in 2014 at the Hovely Soccer Park in Palm Desert. It’s a place where for years he coached, sometimes multiple teams in a single season. He impacted many lives including Mark Morocco. “Devastated, still crying, don’t know what to think,” said Morocco when talking about Thompson’s death.
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In Riverside County, people 65 years and older can start getting their coronavirus vaccine Thursday, along with adults of all ages if they work in education, law enforcement, food and agriculture, and emergency services. That group makes up Phase 1B in the county’s vaccine distribution framework. People in all tiers of Phase 1A can also
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New Cases Riverside County reported 2,773 new cases since Tuesday, bringing the total of cases up to 230,600. The Coachella Valley reported 427 cases (39,465 total). Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Riverside County reached 200,000 cases last Tuesday, doubling the number of cases in less than a
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is immediately allowing residents 65 and older to get scarce coronavirus vaccines, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday. Click here for more information on vaccines in Riverside County The move puts seniors in line before emergency workers, teachers, childcare providers and food and agriculture workers even as counties complain they already
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Riverside County has activated its Type III All-Hazard Incident Management Team (IMT.) This team will work seven days a week to help coordinate vaccination clinics which they are calling, Point-of-Dispensing (POD) sites. These sites plan to vaccinate thousands of residents each day. “Getting the vaccine out within the community as quickly as possible is critical
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The federal government announced Tuesday that states can now vaccinate people older than 65 and those in the ‘high risk’ category. News Channel 3 reached out to our local health officials to see how this will impact their vaccine rollout plan. Riverside County Public Health says people 75 and up could start getting vaccinated as
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Health care workers across the nation and here at home are dealing with the weight of the pandemic, with coronavirus cases and hospitalizations surging. Many of them are putting their lives on the line caring for the sick. A valley health care hero is being remembered for his service on the frontlines of the pandemic.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Anyone flying to the U.S. will soon need to show proof of a negative test for COVID-19, health officials announced Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requirement expands on a similar one announced late last month for passengers coming from the United Kingdom. The new order takes effect in
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Hospitals throughout Riverside County are contending with bed shortages, and some have reached their limit, but others are continuing to open up space wherever they can find it amid the current coronavirus surge, Emergency Management Director Bruce Barton told the Board of Supervisors today. “We have 3,322 patients in our hospitals, and we’re at 91%
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California’s Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly will provide an update on the coronavirus in the state. You can watch the full update below: Ghaly says officials are reviewing new guidance from the federal government encouraging states to re-evaluate COVID-19 vaccination distribution priorities, and a decision could be made in the next 24
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New Cases Riverside County reported 11,552 new cases since Monday, bringing the total of cases up to 227,827. The Coachella Valley reported 1,951 cases (39,038 total). New City Cases Over the Past 24 Hours: Desert Hot Springs – 265 casesPalm Springs –  142 casesCathedral City  277 casesRancho Mirage – 41 casesPalm Desert – 145 casesIndian Wells –
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Riverside County Board of Supervisors discussed on Tuesday in their meeting the county’s vaccination efforts including options for a mass vaccination site right here in the Coachella Valley. News Channel 3 Dani Romero has more on where we are in our vaccine rollout and what’s next. The Department of Public Health in Riverside County has
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