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.

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

State leaders believe the rich and influential will have a hard time cutting in line to get the first precious doses of the vaccine.

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.

In the first allotment of the Pfizer vaccine, California will be getting 327,000 doses—of which 17,500 will be sent to Santa Clara County. 

Since the initial amount will be limited, vaccines will be prioritized for health care workers, who are most at risk of contracting the disease.

The city of San Jose has sued Monsanto Company and two related corporations over chemical pollution in the San Francisco Bay.