Gov. Gavin Newsom said in Stockton Thursday that a new plan to set aside vaccine doses for people who live in highly impacted communities would battle COVID-19 and also help the state to reopen.
Newsom said California’s plan to set aside 40% of all vaccine doses for people who live in neighborhoods most vulnerable to impacts from the pandemic would “make real progress.”
We’re not meeting our goals,” Newsom said of the state’s current efforts that partner with 337 community organizations.
The doses will be spread out among 400 ZIP codes with about 8 million people eligible for shots, Dr. Mark Ghaly, the state’s health, and human services secretary, said on Wednesday.
