Bay Area officials worry about supply constraints in rush to distribute vaccines
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Donna Bernadou, a resident at the Waters Edge Lodge nursing home in Alameda, participates in a physical exercise class on Friday The retirement community isn’t scheduled to receive coronavirus vaccines until Jan. 20th.Marissa Leshnov / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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UC Berkeley University Health Services pharmacy director Efren Bose prepares a dose of the Moderna vaccine before administering it to fellow University Health Services staff at Tang Center near UC Berkeley on Thursday.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Jacqueline Ellington, a Contra Costa County health care worker, prepares to receive her first dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine at a clinic at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill on Friday.Brittany Hosea-Small / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Bay Area officials worry about supply constraints in rush to distribute vaccines
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Donna Bernadou, a resident at the Waters Edge Lodge nursing home in Alameda, participates in a physical exercise class on Friday The retirement community isn’t scheduled to receive coronavirus vaccines until Jan. 20th.Marissa Leshnov / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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UC Berkeley University Health Services pharmacy director Efren Bose prepares a dose of the Moderna vaccine before administering it to fellow University Health Services staff at Tang Center near UC Berkeley on Thursday.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Jacqueline Ellington, a Contra Costa County health care worker, prepares to receive her first dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine at a clinic at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill on Friday.Brittany Hosea-Small / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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A COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Fresno County Fairgrounds is now equipped to administer 1,500 shots per day, according to county officials during a press conference on Tuesday.
The clinic, which began operating at reduced capacity on January 6, is open to healthcare workers in Phase 1A of the state’s vaccination schedule, as well as individuals 75 years or older. Appointments are required.
Combined with other clinics still being developed, the county could eventually offer as many as 3,000 vaccine doses per day, according to Interim Health Officer Dr. Rais Vohra a total that may sound high but is still a long way away from critical mass. “It’s estimated that approximately 75 percent of the population will need to have protection for herd immunity to apply,” he said, or roughly 750,000 people in a county of nearly a million residents.
A month after COVID-19 infections began to surge following the Thanksgiving holiday, the virus continues to devastate the San Joaquin Valley. Hospitals are