Appointments available for mass vaccination clinics in Monterey County

GOOD EVENING…I’M CHRISTOPHER SALAS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH WHAT ELECTED OFFICIALS CALLED THE LARGEST FARMWORKER VACCINATION CLINIC IN THE COUNTR. Y. IT HAPPENED AT THE RODEO GROUNDS IN SALINAS .. MORE THAN FOUR- THOUSAND FARMWORKERS WE FREULLY INOCULATED TODAY.. THREE THOUSAND AG WORKERS CAME BACK FOR THEIR SECOND DOSE OF THE MODERNA VACCINE… A ONDNE THOUSAND FARM WORKERS RECEIVED THE SINGLE SHOT JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE. THE CLINIC WAS ORGANIZED BY CLINICA DE SALUD AND THE GROWER SHIPPER ASSOCIATION. LOCAL LEADERS STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE CLINICS… AS AG WORKE RS ARE ONE OF THE GROUPS MO ST IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC. ## <208ó4447 33:3"E9 VERY WEEKEND WE'RE HAVING THESE MASS VACCINATION CLINICS TRYING TO GET AS MANY AGRICULTURE WORKERS VACCINATED AS POSSIBLE." TTBU TO 208ó4436 31:08 "THIS IS THE LARGEST FARMWORKER ANY IN THE UNITED STATES TODA. Y. BUTT TO 31:18 THIS SHOWS GIVES US THE VACCINE, GIVE US THE RESOURCES AND WE CAN PUT IT INTO PEOPLE'S ARMS AS QUICKLY SA POSSIBLE." DR. CUEVAS SAID THIS MASS VACCINATION WAS DE MA POSSIBLE BECUASE OF THE NEARLY EIGHT MILLI ON DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FUNDING THE ORGANIZATION RECEID VE FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. HE SAYS THE FUNDING WILL ALLOW THEM TO KEEP PROVINIDG HEALTH SERVICES... LIKE THIS VACCINATION CLINIC... TO THE AG COMMUNITYN I PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GROWER SHIPPER ASSOCIATION. ### <"AS A SOCIETY WE'VE ASKED A LOT OF THE AGRICULTURAL WORKER AND WE NEEDED TO WORK TOGETHER WITH CLINCA DE SALUD AND WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO T UPSE A SYSTEM THAT PRIORITIZES THEM." (BUTTED ) TO " AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ARE THE COMBINED EFFORTS... FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL, COUNTY LEVEL, TO THE CITY LEVEL, TO THE CLIN IC LEVEL... ALL COMING TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE IN ORDER TO GET THIS COMMUNITY VACCINATED." > OTHER COMMUNITY HEAL TH CENTERS ACROSS THE CENTRAL COAST ALSO RECEIVED FUNDING THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. MONTEREY COUNTY RECEIVED MORE THAN SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS. SALUD PARA LA GENTE IN WATSONVILLE WAS ALLOCATED ABOUT FIVE MILLI. ON SANTA CRUZ COUNTY RECEIVED THREE POINT FOUR MILLIO

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