Alameda County Residents
CURRENTLY VACCINATING
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Phase 1a: Health Care Workers
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Phase 1b: 65+, Education and Child Care, Emergency Services (including Law Enforcement), and Food/Agriculture
We expect to have more vaccine in the coming months.
Alameda County is currently vaccinating:
- People over the age of 65, because they are at high risk for severe illness from COVID-19
- People who are at high risk for contracting/spreading the virus because of their work environment—this includes workers in health care, food/agriculture, emergency services, and education/child care
Vaccine Eligibility Through Health Care Partners
Healthcare System |
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How to Schedule an Appointment |
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Alameda Health System |
Patients who currently receive care in any AHS outpatient clinic (primary care, specialty, dental, or behavioral health) and are either
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For more information, visit: |
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Community Health Centers |
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Contact your respective health care provider: |
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CVS and Rite Aid |
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For more information, visit: Note: Eligible Californians should neither contact stores directly for an appointment nor go to the store seeking a vaccination without an appointment. |
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Kaiser Permanente |
Kaiser members who are:
Are you age 75 or older? Kaiser will contact you when they can schedule you. |
For more information, visit: |
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Sutter Health |
Sutter patients who are:
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For more information, visit: |
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Stanford Health Care |
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For more information, visit: |
Lasted updated 2/22/2020. Please be sure to confirm information with your healthcare provider.
Vaccine Eligibility Through Local, State, and Federal Partners
Vaccine Site & Lead Agency
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Current Eligibility and
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How to Schedule an Appointment |
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Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum |
Currently Eligibility:
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Alameda County Fairgrounds (Drive-Thru Only) |
Current Eligibility:
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If you are a resident of Alameda County and aged 65 or older, you can make an appointment online For more information, visit: |
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Buchanan Parking: Golden Gate Fields |
Current Eligibility:
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For more information, visit: |
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Fremont High School (Oakland) |
Current Eligibility:
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Fire Pop-Up PODs |
Current Eligibility:
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Lasted updated 2/22/2020. Please be sure to confirm information with your healthcare provider.
Don't meet any of the above criteria? Contact your health provider directly to see if you can be vaccinated or complete the appropriate form at the top of this webpage.
Vaccine Prioritization Framework
Alameda County's vaccination prioritization framework is aligned with California State Vaccine Guidance.
If you would like to receive a notification when you are eligible to be vaccinated, please sign-up using the respective form: Alameda County Residents | Alameda County Employers | Alameda County Health Care Providers
Phase 1A: Tier 1
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Phase 1A: Tier 2
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Phase 1A: Tier 3
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Hospitals |
Intermediate Care Facility Staff and residents of intermediate care facilities In-Home Supportive Services Home Health Care and In-Home Supportive Services staff Community Health Workers Community Health Workers/Promoters who provide basic medical, preventive, promotional, and rehabilitation care within the community. Public Health Field Staff Primary Care Clinics Primary Care facilities, including Federally Qualified Health Centers, Rural Health Centers, Correctional Facility Clinics, and Urgent Care Clinics |
Primary Care Providers Behavioral Health Providers Specialty Providers Laboratory Workers Dentists/Oral Health Personnel Blood Banks Pharmacy Staff (non-hospital) Family Caregivers for Individuals with Certain Disabling Conditions |
Phase 1B
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Older adults, ages 65+ Essential Workers in Education & Child Care (formal & informal) Essential Workers in Emergency Services (including Law Enforcement) Essential Workers in Food and Agriculture Services |
Note: For more information on Phase 1B, please see California State COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Guidelines.
Morbidity/Mortality-Based Prioritization
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Anticipated to begin on March 15, Alameda County health care providers may use their clinical judgement to vaccinate individuals age 16-64 who are deemed to be at the very highest risk for morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 as a direct result of one or more of the following severe health conditions:
This list of eligible conditions is subject to change as additional scientific evidence is published and as the California Public Health Department obtains and analyzes additional state-specific data. |
Age-Based Prioritization
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| Future phases will move to an age-based prioritization pending additional guidance from California State. |
Alameda County COVID-19 Vaccine Values and Principles
- Provide transparent and accurate information to help people make vaccine decisions.
- Lead with equity and data (e.g., race/ethnicity, geography, socioeconomic factors, and critical populations)
- Ensure safe and equitable vaccine distribution throughout the county.
- Leverage all venues and partners for broad distribution (e.g., hospitals, clinics, private practice, pharmacies, community-based points of distribution [PODs])
This is a rapidly evolving situation and we are following closely the work of California’s vaccine planning task force, which is determining many of the policies and procedures for which vaccine gets distributed when, how, and to whom. The State’s decisions will be implemented through our local plans.
- Alameda County COVID-19 Vaccination Plan (Submitted Dec. 1, 2020)
- Community Advisory Group
With authorization from the State of California, Alameda County is now able to provide vaccines to all Health Care Workers in Phase 1a, regardless of the Tier.
Federal and State Resources
Talking to Patients about COVID-19 Vaccines (CDC)
Engaging Patients (CDC)
Answering Patients’ Questions (CDC)
COVID-19 Vaccines Information for Californians (CDPH)
CA’s Vaccinate All 58 Communications Toolkit (CDPH)
California Department of Public Health Vaccination Planning webpage
Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs)
- Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Webpage (FDA)
- Emergency Use Authorization (FDA, Dec. 11, 2020)
- Fact Sheet for Recipients and Caregivers (FDA)
- Fact Sheet for Vaccination Providers (FDA)
- Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Webpage (CDC)
- Moderna Vaccine Webpage (FDA)
- Emergency Use Authorization (FDA, Dec. 18, 2020)
- Fact Sheet for Recipients and Caregivers (FDA)
- Fact Sheet for Vaccination Providers (FDA)
- Moderna Vaccine Webpage (CDC)
Opportunities to Help
If you would like to volunteer at a vaccination Point of Distribution (POD), please complete the appropriate online forms and registration.
Non-medical volunteers: Please sign up with Alameda Count through this electronic form. You will be asked to submit to a brief background check.
Medical volunteers: Please complete both of the following registration forms.
- Register with the California Health Corps here and be sure to sign up for the “Alameda County Unit.”
- Sign up with Alameda Count through this electronic form. You will be asked to submit to a brief background check.
At this time, we are fortunate to have a large number of volunteer offers which may cause delays in our vetting system and background check process. We will process these as quickly as possible in anticipation of needing additional volunteers in the coming months as our vaccine allocation from the state increases. There is no pay for volunteering. Thank you for your patience as this process ramps up.