Vaccination Nation is finally getting into full swing with large-scale mass vaccination sites, such as Levi’s Stadium and Moscone Center now open, and with CVS stores now making appointments across the region as of Friday.
About 81,900 doses of vaccine out of a federal quota of 250,000 doses are arriving in California through CVS locations. And what was initially announced as a vaccine launch at CVS stores in just three cities in the Bay Area has now expanded to include locations in 18 cities, where consultations begin on Friday, February 12. The full list of cities – which is expected to grow in the coming weeks – is below.
All of these CVS stores will still be inoculating only people at the Phase 1a eligibility level, who are primarily health workers, health assistants and seniors over 65. But as eligibility expands in the coming weeks, it will also increase residents’ ability to score a vaccine in their local CVS, potentially and depending on delivery. Visit CVS.com to schedule an appointment.
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- Berkeley
- Concord
- Daly City
- Fremont
- Lafayette
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- Oakland
- Palo Alto
- Pleasanton
- Redwood city
- Rohnert Park
- San Anselmo
- San Francisco
- San Jose
- Saint Clara
- Sonoma
- Vallejo
A quick search through SFist found vacancies available for Monday at 1900 19th Avenue in San Francisco, but locations in Oakland, Berkeley, Lafayette and Sonoma were already booked. It is not clear how many CVS sites have vaccine stocks in San Francisco or Oakland.
New consultations will be opened every day, says the CVS website, and those interested in getting vaccinated should come back every day. (It is not clear whether it is after midnight or what time of the morning new appointments will be available every day.)
CVS had originally announced that vaccines would begin today, February 11, but earlier this week the company announced that it would return to Friday to ensure adequate supplies.
The federal program that supports implantation in the chain’s pharmacies also includes a contract with Walgreens, but the two companies initially divided the states where both have stores where vaccines are available. As USA Today reports, CVS is covering California for now, along with 10 other states, while Walgreens will also be giving vaccines in select stores in 17 states, but not in California for now.
Until this week, vaccines were only available through city and county health departments, and through health networks and hospitals.
Franciscans may have a better chance of being vaccinated by making an appointment at one of the city-run vaccination sites at the Moscone Center or City College, although supplies have still limited the number of appointments available each day. This web page contains links to all SF vaccine marking options.
On Wednesday, 106,111 San Franciscans received their first doses of vaccine – representing 14% of the population over 16, compared with 11% earlier this week.
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