It feels like you're waking up to a nightmare every day," said LA Fire Department's David Ortiz, speaking with CNN's Paul Vercammen Saturday about the county's prevention efforts, which include a new vaccination hub at Dodger Stadium.
"It's hard to imagine that many people passing away, each one of those is a story, it's a family," he said.Los Angeles emergency medical technician Michael Diaz told CNN's Brianna Keilar, "I've never seen anything like this."Diaz said the pandemic has stretched the limits of first responders, health care workers, and the system.Both counties have had more than 400,000 cases, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Federal official blames 'restrictive' governors for slow vaccine rolloutThe latest figures from the CDC show 12.2 million vaccines have been administered in the US.The blame game between state governors and the federal government continued this week as it was revealed there is no federal stockpile of vaccines.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar cited the timing of the vaccine's approval and the approach of some governors in distributing it for the delays."We said we would have doses available for 20 million people that could be available, and of course, that was a projection based on estimates of when FDA would approve," Azar told NBC's Lester Holt Friday.New York announced Saturday that although 7 million New Yorkers are now eligible for the coronavirus vaccine, the state is only expected to receive 250,000 doses next week.New Jersey Gov.