A new phase in the effort to vaccinate Los Angeles County begins Monday as more than 1 million people are eligible for shots and hope more vaccines will be available in California.
A dose shortage has been critical for the past two months, limiting who can get it.
This is what we know:
Where do we stand with vaccinations?
The province expects 269,000 doses to be distributed across vaccination sites in LA County this week, up from 211,000 doses distributed last week. Of the new 269,000 doses, 103,000 will be set aside for the first shots.
Government Gavin Newsom administered 8.2 million doses of vaccine on Friday, and the state averages about 1.4 million doses per week. Soon, the goal will be to administer 2.7 million doses per week, and eventually 4 million doses per week.
The state received 1.46 million doses last week; this week 1.58 million doses are expected, and the week after comes 1.63 million doses, Newsom said.
The governor offers an optimistic outlook for the coming weeks, given how dire the situation was in California two months ago, when the state ordered thousands of body bags. He also thanked Californians for complying with rules for wearing masks, physically giving up and canceling social gatherings.
Who is eligible in LA County?
Teachers and workers in child care, emergency services and food and agriculture can receive COVID-19 vaccinations in Los Angeles County from Monday, though officials warn that the pace will be slowed by limited supplies.
According to provincial estimates, nearly 1.2 million people fall into these newly approved categories. They will join about 2.2 million LA County residents who can already be vaccinated – those who work in health care, live in long-term care facilities or are 65 or older.
Newly eligible residents will be able to make appointments at vaccination sites run by the city from Monday, Eric’s mayor Eric Garcetti said, but only a small number of first-dose appointments are available at Pierce College this week. .
Where do the doses go?
The Garcetti office said the 70,000 doses of Moderna vaccine expected by the city on Monday will go mainly to its six vaccination sites, which are open Tuesday through Saturday. Appointments for the second survey are automatically scheduled for people who received their first dose at a city location between February 1 and February 6.
An additional 7,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine expected Monday will be provided as first doses through the city’s mobile vaccination program, which aims to deliver vaccinations directly to the hardest-hit neighborhoods, officials said.
The program will double the number of doses administered this week, from 4,000 to 12,000, by clinics offering first doses in Baldwin Hills, South Park, Highland Park, Panorama City, Westlake and Pacoima and clinics offering second doses in Baldwin Hills , South offers. Park and Vermont Vista, the city said.
Where are other areas?
Los Angele County is joining other parts of California to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines.
Long Beach, which has its own health department and receives its own vaccine supply, vaccinated food workers and educators at sector-specific clinics in January. More than 3,000 restaurant workers, market workers, chefs and other food industry workers are being vaccinated at a clinic in the Long Beach Convention Center on Friday, the city said.
In San Francisco, workers in education, child care and food and agriculture were able to receive vaccinations from last week Friday.
Orange County last week began labeling doses for workers in education, child care and food and agriculture, saying it would allocate 30% of the allocation to workers in those sectors, as well as those in emergency services; the remaining 70% goes to residents 65 years or older. Elderly and first responders working in high-risk communities can be vaccinated since mid-January.
What is the next fitness wave?
California says people aged 16 to 64 who are disabled or at high risk for COVID-19 disease and death are eligible for vaccinations.
Officials estimate that the move will take 4 to 6 million more people into account, bringing the total number of California residents to 17 to 19 million, or about half of the state.
The underlying conditions indicated under the latest guidance include cancer, chronic kidney disease of stage 4 or higher, chronic lung disease, Down syndrome, immune system with immune system due to solid organ transplantation, pregnancy, sickle cell disease, heart failure, coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathies (excluding hypertension), severe obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
The state has also broadly defined eligible individuals as those who are likely to develop a life-threatening illness or death due to a COVID-19 infection or are limited in their ability to receive ongoing care or services that are essential for their survival.
Times writers Colleen Shalby and Sonja Sharp contributed to this report.