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on February 18, 2021
Santa Clara County plans to extend vaccine eligibility to workers in education, child care, food and agriculture and emergency services beginning Feb. 28. These groups will join healthcare workers and those aged 65 and older, who have already been eligible for over eight weeks.
According to Associate Vice Provost Russell Furr, Medical Director Rich Wittman and Strategic Health Initiatives director Rajan Puri, the newly eligible groups are part of California’s Phase 1B for vaccine allocation, which defines those working in education as anyone at risk of being exposed to COVID-19 in “colleges, universities, junior colleges, community colleges and other postsecondary education facilities,” Furr wrote in a Thursday email to the community.
A mass vaccination center in Mountain View, which averages about 878 appointments per day, has helped boost Santa Clara County s immunization efforts that have largely centered on San Jose.