Amid slow federal rollout, some Bay Area counties taking on COVID-19 vaccination of senior care homes

Amid slow federal rollout, some Bay Area counties taking on COVID-19 vaccination of senior care homes

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https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/01/05/amid-slow-federal-rollout-some-bay-area-counties-taking-on-vaccination-of-senior-care-homes/

Residents of long term care homes were supposed to be first in line to receive a precious COVID-19 vaccination, through an innovative federal partnership. But so far the vaccine rollout for the state’s most vulnerable population has resulted mostly in frustration — and now some counties are offering vaccinations to nursing homes and assisted living facilities from their limited supply rather than continue to wait for the federal vaccination program.

Using vaccine doses provided by Contra Costa County, John Muir Health on Wednesday will vaccinate people at Byron Park in Walnut Creek, following last week’s shots given to residents and employees of another facility, Viamonte, which had expected to rely on the federal program. And this week, staff and residents of Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, one of the largest skilled nursing facilities in the state, received their shots from San Francisco Department of Public Health.