Devonshire PALS To Host Booster Clinic Amid Omicron Outbreak

NORTHRIDGE-CHATSWORTH, CA — As the omicron variant quickly spreads throughout the county, Northridge and Chatsworth residents can get vaccinated at a local clinic on Jan. 4.

COVID-19 vaccines will be offered from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 8721 Wilbur Avenue, the Los Angeles Police Department Devonshire's PALS building. The pop-up clinic will offer the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for individuals five years old and over and the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines for individuals 18 years and older.

Northridge had 10,301 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Monday — 336 more cases than just a week before, according to Los Angeles County Public Health data. Chatsworth had 5,111 cases Monday, an increase of 152 cases in a week.

This rapid spread is especially stark considering 74.9 percent of Northridge residents and 80.6 of Chatsworth residents age five and over have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Meanwhile, Los Angeles County saw 7,425 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday, according to LADPH. LA County hospitalizations nearly doubled in December, with unvaccinated individuals 21 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than their vaccinated counterparts.

"COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective and are recommended for everyone five years old and older to help protect against COVID-19," the LA County department of public health said.