Santa Clara County leaders are concerned they won t have enough COVID-19 doses to continue building up their vaccination program after learning that federal officials allegedly lied about having a stockpile of second doses.
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As California launches massive COVID-19 vaccination sites to speed up inoculations, concern is growing among public health officials that the supply of doses could soon dry up.
State and local officials Friday complained that the scramble touched off by the federal government’s recommendation to add people 65 and older to vaccine eligibility lists has not been accompanied by an increase in shipments.
That could add to an already confusing and chaotic vaccine rollout, and limit the number of people who can be vaccinated in California, just as the state seems to be gaining ground.
California has administered nearly 1.2 million vaccines, or about 40% of the 3 million doses received, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday. That’s a significant increase since Monday, when the state had administered about 783,000 doses, less than one-third of the 2.5 million doses on hand.
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Sutter Health website crashes, Kaiser phone lines jammed as COVID vaccine appointments debut [Mercury News]
Jan. 14 Hours after debuting their respective COVID-19 vaccination appointment offerings on Thursday, two of California’s largest healthcare providers were inundated with a crush of anxious vaccine seekers, pushing their systems to the breaking point and raising questions about rollout readiness in the state.
Sutter Health’s website crashed and Kaiser Permanente’s phone line warned callers they may face up to three hour wait times.
The strong demand for the limited lifesaving supplies comes as California and its largest healthcare providers attempt to speed up the administration of its vaccines to those with the highest risks of dying.
One month after the first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Santa Clara County, county leaders are hurrying to fix shortcomings in the rollout system.