Over half of California local health departments have already opened up vaccine eligibility
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Efren Bose, UC Berkeley University Health Services pharmacy director, administers the first dose of Moderna vaccine to UHS Medical Director Anne Harte at Tang Center on Jan. 14.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Jacqueline Ellington, a Contra Costa County health care worker, receives her first coronavirus shot at a vaccination clinic Jan. 15 at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill. Other counties now have joined Contra Costa in opening vaccination eligibility to people as young as 16.Brittany Hosea-Small / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
More than half of California’s local health departments have opened up coronavirus vaccinations to people 16 or older, or in some cases 18 and older, ahead of the state’s Thursday “open season” target date to do so.