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San Francisco officials say vaccine rollout has reached most older residents but supply remains the limiting factor
Summary
City health leaders told the Board of Supervisors the vaccination program has delivered hundreds of thousands of doses and high coverage among seniors, but supply constraints and the pause of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine are slowing progress on the city’s goal to offer vaccine to everyone who wants one by June.
San Francisco public health officials told the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee on April 22 that the city has built vaccine distribution capacity and has made large gains in protecting older and vulnerable residents, but that limited federal supply remains the single biggest constraint to faster progress.
Dr. Bhabha of the Department of Public Health said the city has received about 850,000 vaccine doses and that “65 percent of those 16 and over have at least received one dose, and 42 percent have gotten fully vaccinated,” while noting those figures vary by how the denominator is defined. She added that more than 85 percent of residents 65 and older have had at least one dose and about 70 percent have completed the series.
The presentation emphasized three delivery channels: high-volume mass sites (Moscone South, City College and SF Market), community vaccine access sites that prioritize…
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