San Diegans, aged 65 and over, is the next priority group for COVID-19 vaccination. However, due to the limited supply of doses in the region, only a few health care providers have a vaccine available for their patients in this group.
San Diegans in this age group may be able to get vaccinated if their health care providers have doses available.
The county intends to make the vaccine available to more people when more doses are delivered to the region.
Currently, the only people who are vaccinated are the 620,000 health professionals and other priority groups in Phase 1A. Vaccinations for the more than 600,000 people in phase 1B, which includes people aged 65 and over, will start available later this month, provided there are doses of COVID-19 vaccine available.
“We understand that older San Diego residents want to be vaccinated, but right now there are a very limited number of doses for people 65 and older,” said Eric McDonald, MD, MPH, medical director of epidemiology and immunization at the county Health and Human Services Agency. “We ask San Diegans to be patient, more vaccine is expected in the region soon.”
When county websites start vaccinating San Diegans aged 65 and over, the public will be informed in several ways, including coronavirus-sd.com/vaccine.
The region expects more doses of COVID-19 vaccine to arrive, but a number and date have not been released by the California Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The “Vaccination Super Station” that opened at Petco Park this week is currently only open to health workers and requires an appointment.
Starting in February, the county plans to open three more super vaccination stations in other parts of the region and expects people in phase 1B to be able to start programming at the end of January.