But while many are clamoring for the vaccine, officials say they are getting only a fraction of what they need. So, Garcetti said, for “the 7.5 million of the 10 million people that the Department of Public Health at the county level expects to get a vaccination,” 15 million doses are required. Even with the 853,650 doses the county had received by Wednesday, there’s a daunting gap of nearly 14.2 million. “We just are not receiving enough vaccine doses to move as quickly as we, and you, would like us to,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said this week. According to the California Department of Public Health, providers had reported administering nearly 1.6 million doses statewide as of Tuesday.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 22, 2021 20:00 UTC