Acknowledging that California has repeatedly missed its stated Covid-19 vaccination targets, Governor Gavin Newsom made a bold commitment on Friday.“We have a specific goal of a million vaccinations in the next 10 days,” said Newsom.
The governor then corrected himself noting that, since the new target was announced on Thursday, it was now actually 9 days.To help with that lofty goal, Newsom announced the state had loosened some its guidance in terms of who can get the vaccine when.“We updated the guidelines recognizing some of the bottlenecks,” he said.
County partners were “looking for more flexibility” as to whom they could vaccinate when.California had originally promised to vaccinate 2 million front line workers before the end of 2020.
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