Virtual town halls present latest COVID vaccine info Written by Megan V. Winslow
Thanks to Santa Clara County’s “No Wrong Door” policy, all residents ages 65 and older and frontline health-care personnel are now eligible for free COVID-19 vaccinations at most county vaccination sites, regardless of their regular health-care provider.
Last week, Supervisor Joe Simitian hosted a panel of local health-care experts participating in the first of six virtual town hall forums designed to keep residents abreast of vaccination sites, eligibility and methods for making appointments, which are required.
Approximately 310,000 Santa Clara County residents are ages 65 and older, and as of Feb. 10, the date of the Los Altos/Los Altos Hills town hall, approximately 34% of them had been vaccinated, said Dr. Marty Fenstersheib, COVID-19 testing and vaccine officer for the county.