Bay Area governments and health care providers are opening new sites to administer vaccines and ramping up the number of shots given per day, as California tries to catch up with much of the rest of the country in doling out doses amid the worst surge of the pandemic. Local officials said Friday that the vaccine rollout is cramped by limited supply and a deluge in demand from residents over the age of 65 deemed eligible by the state to get.
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