California expands eligibility for coronavirus vaccine

By ADAM BEAM and AMY TAXIN Associated Press
Jan 13, 2021
Jan 13, 2021 Updated Jan 13, 2021
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Jim Clark, 86, receives a first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from UC Davis Health on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Sacramento, Calif.

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People walk after receiving their vaccines at the Disneyland Resort, serving as a Super POD (Point of Dispensing) COVID-19 mass vaccination site in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. The parking lot is located off Katella Avenue and sits southeast of Disneyland. California is immediately allowing residents 65 and older to get scarce coronavirus vaccines, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.

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Tents are shown outside of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center during the coronavirus pandemic in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.

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People walk outside of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center during the coronavirus pandemic in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.

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A Santa Clara County Sheriff's officer walks in front of an ambulance outside of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center during the coronavirus pandemic in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.

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Clinical nurse Zachary Petterson tends to a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center during the coronavirus pandemic in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.

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Clinical Nurse Zachary Petterson tends to a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center during the coronavirus pandemic in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.

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Vehicles queue up outside the Disneyland Resort parking for a COVID-19 vaccine in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. The parking lot is located off Katella Avenue and sits southeast of Disneyland. California is immediately allowing residents 65 and older to get scarce coronavirus vaccines, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.

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Vehicles queue up outside the Disneyland Resort parking lot for a COVID-19 vaccine in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. The parking lot is located off Katella Avenue and sits southeast of Disneyland. California is immediately allowing residents 65 and older to get scarce coronavirus vaccines, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.

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Orange County Supervisor Doug Chaffee comments on the operation of the Disneyland Resort, to be Orange County's first large "Point-of-Dispensing" (POD) for COVID-19 mass vaccination site, as he invites President-elect Joe Biden to tour it in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. California is immediately allowing residents 65 and older to get scarce coronavirus vaccines, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.

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Pharmacist Brian Kiefer draws saline while preparing a dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at UC Davis Health on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Sacramento, Calif.

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Orange County resident Esther Song cheers after getting her vaccine at the Disneyland Resort serving as a Super POD (Point of Dispensing) COVID-19 mass vaccination site Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Anaheim, Calif. The parking lot is located off Katella Avenue and sits southeast of Disneyland. California is immediately allowing residents 65 and older to get scarce coronavirus vaccines, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.

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An Orange County resident cheers after getting a vaccine at the Disneyland Resort serving as a Super POD (Point of Dispensing) COVID-19 mass vaccination site Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Anaheim, Calif. California is immediately allowing residents 65 and older to get scarce coronavirus vaccines, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.

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People cheer after getting a vaccine at the Disneyland Resort serving as a Super POD (Point Of Dispensing) COVID-19 mass vaccination site Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Anaheim, Calif. California is immediately allowing residents 65 and older to get scarce coronavirus vaccines, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.

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Gary Dohman, 81, from San Clemente Calif., who suffers from lung cancer, walks with an Oxygen machine, after getting a vaccine at the Disneyland Resort serving as a Super POD (Point Of Dispensing) COVID-19 mass vaccination site Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Anaheim, Calif. California is immediately allowing residents 65 and older to get scarce coronavirus vaccines, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.

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Orange County resident Esther Song expresses her gratitude with a "Love" gesture after getting her vaccine at the Disneyland Resort serving as a Super POD (Point Of Dispensing) COVID-19 mass vaccination site Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Anaheim, Calif. The parking lot is located off Katella Avenue and sits southeast of Disneyland. California is immediately allowing residents 65 and older to get scarce coronavirus vaccines, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.

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COVID-19 vaccination tents are set up in the north of the Toy Story parking lot at the Disneyland Resort on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Anaheim, Calif. The parking lot is located off Katella Avenue and sits southeast of Disneyland.

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A healthcare worker tends to a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center during the coronavirus pandemic in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California made another 4 million people eligible for the coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, intensifying a competition among the state’s biggest counties as they race to acquire enough doses to inoculate their populations while the state endures another surge in new cases and deaths.