The state, currently struggling with the supply of COVID vaccines – 19, opens eligibility to millions people as of March
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California health authorities announced Friday that people between 16 Y 64 years suffering from cancer, heart disease, chronic kidney disease, obesity and other conditions that put their lives at risk, they will be eligible to receive the COVID vaccine – 19 starting next month.
The announcement assumes that between 4 and 6 million Californians will be able to be vaccinated as of 15 of March.
Pregnant women also appear on the new list, in addition to people with Down syndrome and people who received transplants from some organ.
The problem is that California, like the whole country You are facing a vaccine shortage . Los Angeles County, the most populous in the United States, closed some large vaccination centers due to lack of doses and will not be reopened until next week.
While this is happening, the president Joe Biden announced that his government has already purchased hundreds of millions of doses so that by the end of July all Americans receive their vaccines.
So far in California only are eligible for the vaccine people from 80 years or more, health workers and residents of nursing homes and other permanent care facilities .
For more information on California vaccination plans, click here .
Regarding the cases of coronavirus in the state, on Friday they reported 10, 059 new cases and 546 deaths.
Numbers of the # COVID 19 in California:
🔹 Cases confirmed to date: 3, 381, 615
🔹 Note: the numbers do not represent the true changes from day to day as the reporting of test results may be delayed. pic.twitter.com/YSiBk0pYmI– CA Public Health (@CAPublicHealth) February 12, 2021
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