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Large health providers such as Kaiser Permenente and Sutter Health have "strong infrastructure" for giving vaccines to large numbers of people. (Shutterstock)
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY — Front-line health workers and residents of senior care homes and other congregant-care facilities could be given the first COVID-19 vaccines in the next few weeks, as the earliest supplies are delivered, Contra Costa County health officials said Tuesday.
The sooner the better, they added, as COVID-19 infection numbers, infection rates and hospitalizations are rising dramatically in the county, as they are around the Bay Area and beyond.
The first vaccines coming to Contra Costa County figure to be the ones from Pfizer that will need to be frozen at temperatures of 100 degrees below zero (Farenheit), Contra Costa County Health Officer Dr. Chris Farnitano told county supervisors Tuesday.