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California to base COVID-19 vaccine eligibility on age
By Janie Har
California shifts to age-based vaccination system
SAN FRANCISCO - California’s governor is pledging a more seamless coronavirus vaccination system that should make it easier for nearly 40 million residents to know when it’s their turn to get vaccinated and where to sign up, easing some of the confusion and angst as 58 counties try to roll out the scarce shots themselves.
The state would move to an age-based eligibility system after vaccinating those now at the front of the line, including health care workers, food and agriculture workers, teachers, emergency personnel and seniors 65 and older, Gov. Gavin Newsom said at a news briefing Monday.
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About That Extra Pfizer Vaccine Dose.
Pfizer is planning to distribute fewer COVID-19 vaccine vials within the U.S. starting as soon as next week, accounting for the extra dose in each one, the
The Vials that Pfizer uses were intended to contain five doses, but practitioners found they could extract a sixth or even seventh when using a specialty syringe.
So Pfizer is now counting those doses toward its promised supply of 200 million doses by the end of July. The government isn t paying the company by the vial, but by the dose.
California would move to an age-based eligibility system after vaccinating those now at the front of the line, including health care workers, food and agriculture workers, teachers, emergency personnel and seniors 65 and older, Gavin Newsom said Monday.
California’s governor is pledging a more seamless coronavirus vaccination system that should make it easier for nearly 40 million residents to know when it’s their turn to get vaccinated and where to sign up