Urgency from health officials to get people vaccinated as eligibility expands Share Updated: 11:26 PM PDT Apr 1, 2021 Share Updated: 11:26 PM PDT Apr 1, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript AND IN SAN BENITO COUNT Y, OVER 22 THOUSAND 480 WHILE ELIGIBILITY IS EXPANDING.. COUNTIES ARE WORRIED THAT THE SUPPLY WILL NOT MEET DEMAND.. ACTION NEWS 8 REPORTER CHRISTOPHER SALAS SPOKE WITH HEALTH OFFICIALS FROM ALL THREE OF OUR CENTRAL COAST COUNTIES TODAY....TO FIND OUT IF THE INCREASED ELIGIBITILY COMES WI TH MORE SUPPLY FROM THE STATE? ALL THREE COUNTIES TOLD ME THEY'RE NOT SURE ABOUT NEXT WEEK.. THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE SHIPMENT TO COME IN BEFO RE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY GE. T. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY DO EXPECT SIGNIFICANTLY MORE VACCINE COMING LATER THIS MONTH.. IN THE MEANTIME.. HOWEVER.. IT COULD BE A PROBLEM AS THOSE 50 AND OLDER HAVE A SHORT WINDOW TO GET VACCINATED.. BEFORE IT'S OPEN TO EVERYONE. . 01:45 "I recommend that if you're 50 and otherwise eligible , you do yourery v best to get the vaccine before it becomes elig leib to everyone in two weeks because then of course this demadn will really eeed xc the supply." A PROCESS ABOUT TO GET MORE DIFFICULT.. THAT'S ALREADY PROVEN CHALLENGING... SOMETHING SCOTTS VALLEY RESIDENT ADAM LIPPMAN DISCOVERED SCOURING SEVERAL SITES AND APPS DURING THE LAST ELIGIBILITY PERIOD.. 03:26 "It would usually say no appointmes nt available. You can search by anywhere or you can search by near me, then I'd go to anywhere ." ANYWHERE... TOOK LIPPMAN 155 MILES AWAY TO MODESTO .. ABLE TO GET HIS FIRST SHOT AFTER WEEKS OF SEARCHING.. HEALTH OFFICIALS FEAR THERE WILL BE MANY MORE STORIES LIKE LIPPMAN.. AS NEARLY 6 MILLION ME OR LICAFORNIANS ARE NOW ELIGIBLE.. 03:50 "There are literallly thousands a week in Santa Cruz County, just not for everyone who wants one." SANTA CRUZ COUNTY HEALTH OFFICEDRR . GAIL NEWEL SAID WHILE THE COUNTY'S SUPPLY OF VACCINE IS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE IN LATE APRIL.. DEMAND WON'T BE MET UNTIL JUNE 1.. WHEN SUPPLY IS EXPECTED TO TRIPLE .. AND NOW ADDING TO THE CONCERN FOR HEALTH OFFICIALS.. A FOURTH WAVE WITH NEW, MORE INFECTIOUS VARIANTS OF THE VIRUS .. 02:17 "Right now we're in a race between the variants and the vaccin" e. IN NEIGHBORING SANTA CLARA COUNTY.. ALL FOUR VARIANTS OF CONCERN HAVE BEEN DETECTED .. "We're back in a bit of precarious place in terms of ou rabililty to SO HERE'S HOW TO SCHEDULE THAT APPOINTMEN. T. GO TO THE STATE'S SITE.. MY TURN .CA. GOV .. CHECK YORU COUNTY SITE FOR VACCINATION CLINIC. S. ALSO CHECK THE PHARMACY SITES FOR AVAILABLE APPOINTMENTS.. BUT THERE ARE ALSO WEBSITES THAT ARE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE FIND AVAILABLE APPOINTMENTS... THIS IS VACCINE SPOTTER.ORG.. IT HELPS FIND AVAILABILITY AT LOCAL PHARMACIES... AS YOU CAN SEE IN OUR AREA.. ACCORDING TO THE SITE.. RIGHT NOW THERE'S JUST ONE PHARMACY IN SANTA CRUZ THAT THEY'RE AWARE WITH IMMEDIATE AVAILABI