Medical employees who work under contract at the Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county jails are in the process of getting vaccinated against COVID-19 as part of the statewide effort to begin protecting frontline workers against the virus, according to officials.
The employees are contracted by Wellpath, a Nashville-based inmate health company.
Inmates and custody deputies in San Luis Obispo are not being offered the vaccine, according to San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Grace Norris. It was unclear whether they were offered the vaccine in Santa Barbara County.
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