Santa Clara County leaders want eligible youth to get vaccinated, and they’re pulling out all the stops to make sure it happens. 

All people age 16 and older who live or work in the county are eligible and are encouraged to sign up for a vaccination appointment.

The state’s Department of Public Health issued a statement Tuesday urging a temporary pause on the vaccine’s administration.

Health officials said a significantly increased allocation of vaccine doses that allowed them to expand eligibility Tuesday.

Roughly 20 million vaccine doses have been administered statewide, state officials say.

The poll of 971 people found discrepancies in vaccine hesitancy by race and income level as providers test the vaccine efficacy among children.

About 8,500 appointments scheduled through the county between now and March 21 will be transferred to the Oakland-based hospital chain.

Health agencies and hospitals are using different formulas to allocate the coronavirus shots, exacerbating disparities in vaccine access.

Mixed messages, shortages and inequities have plagued California’s vaccine rollout, leaving small healthcare providers out of the loop.

California is struggling to figure out how to vaccinate teachers and other school staff—and, equally importantly, when.

County residents can visit sccfreevax.org to find updated information on who is eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine and where it is available.

More than 330,000 doses of Moderna’s inoculation were distributed throughout the state, including 21,800 to Santa Clara County.

The new variant so far has been detected in six people in the Golden State, after its initial discovery in the U.S. in a Colorado National Guardsman.

Santa Clara County received its first 5,850 doses of the new Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine earlier this week.

The county now expects to get 39,300 doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine in December, in addition to doses of the Pfizer vaccine.