The state run OptumServe COVID-19 test site currently operating at the Arvin Public Health Building, 204 S.
Following the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authorization for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has approved Moderna and Pfizer’s booster shots for all adults who are fully vaccinated.
If Kern’s vaccination rates continue to remain low, Kern is expected to see another COVID-19 surge in early February, according to predictions from a new State model.
Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director, Doctor Rochelle P. Walensky, endorsed the recommendation that children five to 11 years old be vaccinated against COVID-19 with the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric vaccine.
As the vaccinated population in Kern County increases, the United Against COVID-19 (UAC) Coalition continues to provide communities with additional access to the COVID-19 vaccine by hosting free vaccination clinics.
Community Action Partnership of Kern and Kern County Public Health will be holding COVID-19 vaccination clinics around Kern County over the next two weeks.