Monterey county has received 5,000 doses of the new single-dose Johnson And Johnson Vaccine. Those doses have been given to local providers such as Community Hospital Of The Monterey Peninsula and Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital.
C.H.O.M.P. plans to provide the single-dose shots in a clinic this Thursday…..but only to those 65 years-old and older who live in the 2 specific zipcodes of 93933 and 93955……while S.V.M.H. Plans to provide those doses during a Taylor Farms Clinic in Gonzales next week. A spokesperson for S.V.M.H. said they decided on that action because that clinic typically serves a population that is harder to reach, so the single-shot vaccine makes more sense for them.
Rite Aid, CVS and Walgreens may also have received some doses of the Johnson-And-Johnson Vaccine, which was formerly known as the Janssen Covid-19 Vaccine.
There will reportedly be a gap in receiving the newer vaccine next week, but they are expected to return the following week.
