COVID-19 vaccine

San Luis Obispo County health officials are urging people aged 65 and older to get an additional Covid-19 booster shot.

An updated Omicron booster shot is now available for immunocompromised people and people over 65. This comes after the Biden Administration officially ended the COVID-19 pandemic as a national state of emergency.

Updated Omicron Covid-19 booster vaccines are now available in San Luis Obispo county. The vaccines provide protection against the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 strains of Covid-19, as well as the original strain.

A heatwave is prompting warnings of widespread blackouts in California, and SLO County will soon receive Omicron booster vaccines.

Dr. Lynn Fitzgibbons says the good news is that we know how to protect ourselves.

Dr. Lynn Fitzgibbons says the good news is that we know how to protect ourselves.

In today's KCBX News Update: Santa Barbara County seeks poll workers for the June primary, and California has postponed a COVID-19 vaccine requirement in schools.

In today's KCBX News Update: Santa Barbara County seeks poll workers for the June primary, and California has postponed a COVID-19 vaccine requirement in schools.

Since news of the Omicron variant broke out last week, local pharmacists say they’ve seen a jump in demand for people getting the COVID-19 vaccine and booster shots.

In today's KCBX News Update: Montañ de Oro State Park will be the site of prescribed burns, the NAACP of SLO County will hold a mobile vaccine clinic, and the California Citizens Redistricting Commission has added more time slots to its public input meetings.