San Diego County public health officials said on Wednesday that a lack of vaccine limits doses to 10,000 a day – half of what could be administered.
Supervisor Nathan Fletcher told a news conference that the county now has 19 vaccination sites in operation, with a capacity for more than 20,000 vaccines per day.
“The problem we have now is that our efforts have far outstripped the supply of vaccines,” he said. “If these supplies increase, we will be prepared and ready to increase rapidly.”
He said that by mid-February, the county would be able to administer up to 30,000 doses a day, “but the limiting factor is the supply”.
Fletcher said the county has sent 586,325 doses to date and administered 357,507 doses, with 10.2% of the county’s population having received at least one injection and 2.0% fully vaccinated.
He said the lack of vaccine is the main reason why it is difficult to make an appointment at one of the locations in the municipality.
“Therefore, we only schedule appointments for vaccines that we have or are sure will come,” he said. “We don’t want to cancel an appointment.”
He added that as soon as the number of nominations for residents aged 65 and older begins to decline, the county will open consultations for youth.
Despite limited supply, he said San Diego County ranks second in California, after Contra Costa County, in the percentage of the population that received at least one dose.
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