Those 65 and older have a little while longer to wait if they live in Santa Barbara County and want to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Though Governor Gavin Newsom announced last week that seniors 65 and older are now eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Santa Barbara County just isn’t there yet. The county has so far administered 17,032 doses of the vaccine, or about 44 percent of the total 38,075 doses allocated to it. And it is in the midst of organizing the vaccine effort and acquiring enough doses to meet the demand.
“If you’re not currently eligible to be vaccinated, please know that we’re working on your phase,” Public Health Director Van Do-Reynoso said. “We are actively working to make sure you get vaccinated as soon as more vaccines are available.”