Category: Health & safety

This message addresses eligibility requirements for individuals in the education category under Phase 1B.

In a message to the Stanford community, Russell Furr, associate vice provost for Environmental Health & Safety, provides an update on the Bay Area’s changing vaccination landscape.

A message to the campus community addresses COVID-19 vaccine availability in the Stanford area, including information about additional appointment options for currently eligible university employees and local county plans for expanding eligibility later this month.

A message to the campus community highlights a new web page that aims to help members of the campus community track the latest information about vaccine distribution.

Santa Clara County announced today that county residents aged 65 and older can begin making COVID-19 vaccination appointments with any of the health care providers in the county listed at sccfreevax.org, regardless of their usual health care provider or insurance.

Associate Vice Provost Russell Furr provides an update on public health restrictions at Stanford following the state’s lifting of the regional stay-at-home order, which still leaves local counties in the highest-risk purple tier of the state’s COVID-19 framework.

In a message to the campus community, Russell Furr, associate vice provost for Environmental Health & Safety addresses the vaccine plan for California, including the role of health care providers in the process; Stanford Health Care’s current distribution priorities; and the creation of Stanford’s COVID-19 Vaccine Governance Committee.

The State of California’s regional stay-at-home order for the Bay Area continues to be in effect. The order, initially in effect through last week, will be lifted once there is a four-week projection that regional intensive care unit capacity will remain at or above 15%.

Though Stanford continues to await information on whether universities will play a role in COVID-19 vaccine administration beyond the healthcare setting, the State of California is providing more information about its vaccine plans overall.