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California sets teachers, first responders for next vaccines Dec. 18, 2020 at 5:00 am Don Thompson, Associated Press Teachers, first responders, and grocery and restaurant workers were among those recommended Wednesday to get the next round of scarce vaccines in California, as were florists and sawmill operators who fall into the same broad category of those deemed essential workers. “We’ve got to figure who we’re going to prioritize,” said Dr. Oliver Brooks, co-chairman of a 16-member ...

California sets teachers, first responders for next vaccines By DON THOMPSONDecember 17, 2020 GMT SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Teachers, first responders, and grocery and restaurant workers were among those recommended Wednesday to get the next round of scarce vaccines in California, as were florists and sawmill operators who fall into the same broad category of those deemed essential workers. “We’ve got to figure who we’re going to prioritize,” said Dr. Oliver Brooks, co-chairman of a 1...

Print California’s first responders, farmworkers and educators would be among those next in line to be vaccinated against COVID-19 under recommendations a state advisory committee discussed this week. Should that guidance eventually be put into effect, those workers — as well as others in the broadly defined fields of education and childcare, emergency services, and food and agriculture — would be prioritized within the second major stage of the state’s wider vaccination push. Roughly...

NBCUniversal Media, LLC Teachers, first responders, and grocery and restaurant workers were among those recommended Wednesday to get the next round of scarce vaccines in California, as were florists and sawmill operators who fall into the same broad category of those deemed essential workers. “We’ve got to figure who we’re going to prioritize," said Dr. Oliver Brooks, co-chairman of a 16-member panel of medical experts recommending who makes the potential life-and-death cut after the firs...

The line Health officials have said the first batch of doses will go to frontline healthcare workers with direct exposure to the coronavirus as well as residents of long-term care facilities, followed by other at-risk groups. Others who will be prioritized include first responders, people who are working at coronavirus testing sites or administering vaccines, students in clinical rotations in high-risk areas such as the emergency department and researchers actively working with COVID-19 patien...

California will start getting COVID-19 vaccines as soon as Monday [Los Angeles Times] California hospitals are preparing to receive the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines as soon as Monday after they were greenlighted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It’s a welcome glimmer of hope as the state continues to grapple with an unprecedented surge in new coronavirus cases and related hospitalizations that has shattered records nearly every day this week, raising fears that the wave of patien...

Here’s how California plans to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine in coming weeks [Los Angeles Times] With U.S. approval expected this week for the first COVID-19 vaccine, California could soon begin its historic and complex rollout of millions of immunizations, a much-anticipated turning point in a state where over 20,000 people have been killed by the virus. Though it is unclear exactly when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will grant approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the move coul...

Print With U.S. regulators expected to clear the way this week for the first COVID-19 vaccine, California could soon begin its historic and complex rollout of millions of immunizations, a much-anticipated turning point in a state where over 20,000 people have been killed by the virus. Though it is unclear exactly when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will grant emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the move could come as soon as Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom said this...

Heres how California plans to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine in coming weeks Soumya Karlamangla, Maya Lau, Laura J. Nelson, Jaclyn Cosgrove © (Frank Augstein / Associated Press) A London nurse shows a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which could be approved by U.S. regulators this week. (Frank Augstein / Associated Press) With U.S. approval expected this week for the first COVID-19 vaccine, California could soon begin its historic and complex rollout of millions...

The first COVID-19 vaccine could arrive in California this week. Here is how officials plan to handle the first wave of vaccinations