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California starts vaccinating those 65 and older: Where to get a shot
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FILE - A CVS pharmacist intern gives the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to a resident at Emerald Court senior living community in Anaheim, CA on Friday, January 8, 2021.MediaNews Group/Getty Images
California is starting to vaccinate residents 65 and older as demand subsides for health care workers, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.
“There is no higher priority than efficiently and equitably distributing these vaccines as quickly as possible to those who face the gravest consequences,” Newsom said in a statement. “To those not yet eligible for vaccines, your turn is coming. We are doing everything we can to bring more vaccine into the state.”
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California is the epicenter of the worst surge in COVID-19 infections. Now the best hope is the vaccine. Elizabeth Cook has details on plans to speed up the vaccination process.
At Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, they have implemented their COVID-19 surge plan. We are already seeing overflow of our intensive care unit into the post-anesthesia care unit or the PAC-U, said Dr. Christopher Colwell, Chief of Emergency Medicine at Zuckerberg SF General Hospital.
Dr. Colwell says a combination of the Thanksgiving and Christmas surge plus New Year cases all at once, left them no other option but to add additional floors to treat COVID-19 patients. At least 4 regular floor wards and 3 ICU areas, said Dr. Colwell.
Currently, Zuckerberg SF General Hospital has 59 COVID-19 positive cases. This is the highest number of cases they ve had in the entire pandemic. A number of cases that automatically puts them in the orange level of their surge plan, one case away from the highest level.