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San Francisco reports first local COVID-19 vaccinations as officials warn ICU capacity could be exhausted in early January
Summary
San Francisco Department of Public Health officials said initial Pfizer doses were administered locally Dec. 22 and outlined phased allocation, cold-storage logistics and data-tracking plans, while forecasting that ICU capacity could be exhausted around Jan. 5, 2021 unless transmission falls sharply.
Julie Stolte, director of clinical disease control and prevention at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, told the Health Commission on Dec. 22, “Vaccines are here and were administered, for the first time in San Francisco this morning at ZSFG,” calling the event a ‘‘historic moment’’ for the city.
Stolte and her co-presenters walked commissioners through the federally and state-guided rollout plan. She said the federal Advisory Committee to the FDA and the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recently recommended emergency use and prioritization; the state’s framework focuses Phase 1a on health-care workers and residents of skilled nursing and long-term care facilities. “Phase 1a allocation for COVID 19 vaccine is focused on, essentially health care workers,” Stolte said.
Dr. Andy Tenner,…
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