Sunday marked another milestone in COVID-19’s vaccination effort in Santa Clara County, as workers in education and childcare, emergency services, and the food and agriculture sectors became eligible for vaccination.
At the Monterey Mushrooms facility in Morgan Hill, health officials began vaccinating 1,000 farm workers as part of a two-day effort.
“Our goal in the province is to ensure that everyone has access to vaccination when they qualify, especially those who work in sectors most affected by COVID and who work in communities hardest hit by COVID here in our county, ”said Dr. Sara Cody of the county health officer.
Dr. Marty Fenstersheib, the province’s COVID-19 testing and vaccine official, said on Sunday that nearly 20% of the province has been vaccinated at this point.
“We have a great capacity, we have a lot of clinics, we have suppliers all over the country – we just need more vaccine,” he said. “We hope we will see more vaccines coming to us through the state of the federal government, especially now that Johnson & Johnson’s third vaccine is FDA approved.”