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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) announced Thursday that middle and high school students that are vaccinated against COVID-19 can receive free tickets to a UCLA football game at the Rose Bowl.
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has partnered with Public Health to give away free tickets to a UCLA football game at the Rose Bowl to middle or high school students in L.A. County who’ve received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while tickets last.
Students aged 12 to 18 who’ve received at least one dose can sign up for the free tickets online by visiting the website.
“Doing our part increasingly means being vaccinated if we plan on entering places where there is an increased risk of virus transmission or work in settings where we provide others with services,” said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of Public Health. “During a pandemic, requiring vaccinations in these settings is a sensible requirement that acknowledges our collective obligation to ensure safety and save lives.”
As the fall holidays are close, residents of all ages are looking forward to safely celebrating Halloween. The safest activities will be those that are outside, including outdoor costume parties, pumpkin patch visits, outdoor ghost tours, hayrides, and trick-or-treating – when done safely. It is best to set up trick-or-treat events outdoors, limit treats to commercially packaged, non-perishable items, set up stations with individually packaged bags so trick-or-treaters can grab and go at each stop, and keep a distance from other trick-or-treaters.
Thursday, Public Health confirmed 28 new deaths and 1,222 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 1,467,450 positive cases across all areas of L.A. County and 26,254 deaths.
In the Santa Clarita Valley, at least 328 deaths due to coronavirus have been identified, with 174 of those taking place at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, according to public health officials.
As of Wednesday, Oct. 6, 34,931 cumulative cases have been reported in the Santa Clarita Valley since March of 2020, according to Public Health. These cases include:
- 26,630 in the City of Santa Clarita*
- 63 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
- 1,136 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country
- 4,411 in Castaic*
- 69 in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
- 4 in Placerita Canyon
- 19 in San Francisquito/Bouquet Canyon
- 22 in unincorporated Sand Canyon
- 162 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
- 49 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
- 1,676 in Stevenson Ranch
- 420 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde
- 270 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
*As of Wednesday, Oct. 6, public health officials have recorded 2,212 cumulative cases at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center, including 1,599 at the North County Correctional Facility. Those cases are distributed between both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.
Public Health encourages everyone who is eligible to get vaccinated. Anyone 12 and older living or working in L.A. County can get vaccinated against COVID-19. Many vaccination sites across the county, including all the County-run sites, are also offering third doses of vaccine to eligible immunocompromised people. Vaccinations are always free and open to eligible residents and workers regardless of immigration status.
Los Angeles County residents eligible for a booster dose of Pfizer include the following groups of people who received the second of the two-dose Pfizer vaccine series at least 6 months ago and are either:
- People aged 65 years or older
- Residents of long-term care facilities
- People aged 18 to 64 years with underlying medical conditions
- People aged 18 to 64 years with high institutional or occupational risk, including healthcare workers, first responders, teachers and day care staff, grocery workers, and workers and residents in homeless shelters or prisons, among others
To learn how to make a vaccine appointment, what verifications you will need to show at your vaccination appointment, and much more, visit the L.A. County Vaccination website (English) or Vacunate Los Angeles website (Spanish).
Vaccinations are always free and open to eligible residents and workers regardless of immigration status.
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Bribery that’s how I see it.
Unfortunately I guess that’s what it takes for some people.
On one hand they want you to think you’re the ONLY ONE who hasn’t taken the Mark. On the other, the numbers are so low that they are now bribing children. SICK!
Wendy, I am sorry that your lack of life experience and education has made you so skeptical. Believe me, this is not a ‘fake’ illness and the vaccine is not anything but an attempt to stop the spread. Since some people have chosen not to get vaccinated, the virus has mutated, causing ‘breakthrough’ cases for some vaccinated people. IF THOSE PEOPLE HAD NOT BEEN VACCINATED, they would have been much more ill. I know you’re proud of yourself for questioning things, but this truly is an illness that’s affecting people across the world. At some point you need to give in and believe in the science. I’m writing this only to help.