Los Angeles: California is giving away the country’s largest pot of vaccine prize money $116.5 million (Dh428 million) in an attempt to get millions more inoculated before the most populous state fully reopens next month.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced the prizes, which include $1.5 million each for 10 Californians, the largest single award offered in any state.
The goal is to motivate roughly 12 million people who are eligible but not yet vaccinated, though the more than 20 million Californians already partially or fully vaccinated also are in the running for the most valuable prizes.
“We’re putting aside more resources than any other state in America, and we’re making available the largest prizes of any state in America for those that seek to get vaccinated,” Newsom announced at an East Los Angeles high school where people were being vaccinated in the gymnasium.
The big COVID vaccine giveaway: California offers $116.5 million in gifts and cash - and Kroger will award $1 million to 5 customers - in nationwide effort to get Americans vaccinated
California will be giving $116.5 million away in cash and prizes in an effort to encourage 12 more million residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Gov Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday
Ten Californians will have a chance to win $1.5 million each and 30 residents could win $50,000 each
Kroger, the nation s largest grocery chain, has also launched a vaccine giveaway to anyone who gets a shot at one of their stores
Five customers will win $1 million each and 50 people have the chance to win free groceries for a year