Long Descriptions
COVID-19 Vaccine prioritization phases
Phase 1a - NOW
Health Care Workers
Tier 1
- Hospitals
- Dialysis
- EMTs
- Long-Term Care Facilities/Skilled Nursing
Tier 2
- Community Health Workers
- IHSS/Home Health Care
- Primary Care, behavioral health, & specialty providers
Tier 3
- Dentists
- Blood Banks
- Pharmacy Staff
Phase 1b - NEXT
Tier 1
- Ages 65+
- Essential Workers
- Education/Child Care
- Emergency Services
- Food/Agriculture
Tier 2
- Essential Workers
- Transportation/logistics
- Industrial/commercial/residential/sheltering
- Critical manufacturing
- Congregate
Settings
- Incarcerated
- Unhoused(unsheltered)
Phase 1c
- Essential Workers
- Ages 50+
- Ages 16-49 with underlying health conditions
Phase 2
- Moderate underlying health conditions
Phase 3
- Young Adults
- Children
- Workers not covered in phases 1 or 2
Phase 4
- Anyone who did not access Phases 1, 2 or 3