Yellow tier may be on the horizon for San Mateo County
Officials said that the county could move to the state s least restrictive reopening tier next week
by Astrid Casimire
/ Bay City News Service
Uploaded: Wed, May 5, 2021, 11:01 am
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Nurses vaccinate patients at Ravenswood Family Health Center in East Palo Alto on Jan. 30, 2021. With case rates on the decline and vaccinations available to anyone who lives or works in San Mateo County, officials said that the county could enter the state s least restrictive reopening tier next week. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
Case rates of COVID-19 in San Mateo County are on the decline, testing rates are up and vaccines are available for anyone who lives or works in the county.
San Mateo County officials hopeful about increased vaccine supply in coming weeks
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Chabra said the change may be because some vaccine outlets like Stanford Health Care and Safeway pharmacy received doses directly from the California Department of Public Health as part of the state s arrangement with Blue Shield of California, the third-party vaccine administrator. We ll see additional providers receive direct allocations from the state through the Blue Shield arrangement in the coming weeks, Chabra said. We still do not have sufficient supply to meet demand. But the state is now providing some projections of supply for coming weeks. That does help with planning.
Chief of San Mateo County Health Louise Rogers said the state expects to increase the vaccine supply in a couple of weeks.