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California will start getting COVID-19 vaccines as soon as Monday [Los Angeles Times] California hospitals are preparing to receive the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines as soon as Monday after they were greenlighted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It’s a welcome glimmer of hope as the state continues to grapple with an unprecedented surge in new coronavirus cases and related hospitalizations that has shattered records nearly every day this week, raising fears that the wave of patients could overwhelm the healthcare system. Hospital intensive care capacity fell to zero in the San J...

Here’s how California plans to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine in coming weeks [Los Angeles Times] With U.S. approval expected this week for the first COVID-19 vaccine, California could soon begin its historic and complex rollout of millions of immunizations, a much-anticipated turning point in a state where over 20,000 people have been killed by the virus. Though it is unclear exactly when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will grant approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the move could come as soon as Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom said this week. California’s first shipment of vacci...

Print With U.S. regulators expected to clear the way this week for the first COVID-19 vaccine, California could soon begin its historic and complex rollout of millions of immunizations, a much-anticipated turning point in a state where over 20,000 people have been killed by the virus. Though it is unclear exactly when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will grant emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the move could come as soon as Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom said this week. Newsletter Get our free Coronavirus Today newsletter Sign up for the latest news, best storie...

Here's how California plans to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine in coming weeks Soumya Karlamangla, Maya Lau, Laura J. Nelson, Jaclyn Cosgrove © (Frank Augstein / Associated Press) A London nurse shows a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which could be approved by U.S. regulators this week. (Frank Augstein / Associated Press) With U.S. approval expected this week for the first COVID-19 vaccine, California could soon begin its historic and complex rollout of millions of immunizations, a much-anticipated turning point in a state where over 20,000 people have been k...

The first COVID-19 vaccine could arrive in California this week. Here is how officials plan to handle the first wave of vaccinations