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Hundreds of police officers in San Diego County rolled up their sleeves to get COVID-19 vaccines before they were officially eligible under loosely coordinated efforts that matched unused shots with those who wanted protection against the coronavirus.
For weeks, police agencies directed officers interested in getting the shots to vaccine sites, including hospitals and a community college, where they were given leftover doses after scheduled appointments were completed. One North County hospital determined police officers were eligible because they transported behavioral health patients.
Vaccine providers are allowed to administer shots to people outside eligible tiers under county and state guidelines that seek to ensure no doses are wasted.
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Vaccine updates: Majority of Riverside County could be vaccinated by late summer
As COVID-19 vaccine supply ramps up in the U.S., one Riverside County official predicts the majority of the region could be inoculated by the fall. My best guess is that by late summer, we will have had enough supply to vaccinate the majority of our population in Riverside County, Dr. Geoffrey Leung, Riverside University Health System-Medical Center chief of family medicine, said during a Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday.
Riverside County has administered more than 500,000 total doses so far, Leung said. The county is home to a population of 2.5 million.
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