VACCINE UPDATE: CA will be receiving 327k doses of the new Pfizer #COVID19 vaccine in mid December.

The Drafting Guidelines Workgroup & Community Advisory Committee have now finalized recommendations for who will receive these initial doses.

We have prioritized into 3 tiers:

Tier 1:
 
- Acute care, psychiatric and correctional facility hospitals
- Skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and similar settings for older or medically vulnerable
- Paramedics, EMTs and others providing emergency medical services
- Dialysis centers

Tier 2:
 
- Intermediate care facilities
- Home healthcare & supportive services
- Community health workers
- Public health field staff
- Primary Care clinics, including
Rural Health Centers, correctional facility clinics and urgent care clinics

Tier 3: Other settings and health care workers, including:
 
- Specialty clinics
- Laboratory workers
- Dental / oral health clinics
- Pharmacy staff not working in settings at higher tiers

The 327k doses will be distributed through 6 regions in CA. Here are the doses per region:

Region I: 126,750
Region II: 80,497
Region III: 8,592
Region IV: 35,145
Region V: 16,706
Region VI: 59,910

Tomorrow these regions will make orders based on prioritizations of the 3 tiers.

Transparency, equity, and safety will continue to be our top priorities as we begin the distribution process for Phase 1. We are making all this information available to the public.

To learn more visit: http://covid19.ca.gov