“We encourage all who are eligible to get vaccinated as soon as possible,” Gin said. Nancy Gin, regional medical director of quality and clinical analysis with Kaiser Permanente, said the network also is not able to “pre-schedule appointments in advance of these eligibility dates.”
Depending on their eligibility, residents will be able to reserve an appointment through the state’s My Turn scheduling site on April 1, April 15 or later.ĭr. The California Department of Public Health said Thursday that residents could go through their doctor’s office to begin booking their shots, so long as the actual appointments are on or after the day they become eligible, April 1 or 15. The timing of scheduling appointments also remains somewhat of an open question.
A growing number of states, including Alaska, West Virginia and Mississippi, have previously expanded eligibility to residents 16 and older.Īs has been the case throughout the rollout, eligibility does not guarantee immediate access to an appointment. California’s move to universal adult eligibility would come about two weeks before the May 1 target set by the Biden administration.