First Coronavirus Vaccine Shipment Arrives In Santa Clara County

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — Santa Clara County received its first 5,850 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Tuesday, county officials said.

This delivery is the first of the initial 17,550 doses allocated to county by the state, 230 of which will go to San Benito County per the state’s direction, county officials said.

The remaining doses in the allocation will ship from the manufacturer directly to hospitals around the county and are expected to arrive later this week.

These early doses will be for people in the highest risk categories, as set by the state and federal government, county officials said. This includes front line healthcare workers at acute care hospitals, as well as residents and staff at skilled nursing facilities.