While many of those at the front of the line for COVID-19 shots have yet to be vaccinated, LA County plans to expand eligibility in the coming weeks.
Teachers and others working in education and childcare, along with food and agricultural workers and first-responders will be able to start getting shots two to three weeks from now.
"With very limited vaccine supply and uncertainty in the timing for increased production, our realistic and very developed plan for expanding vaccination availability to these additional sectors is being developed" says Barbara Ferrer, the county's public health director.
"We're consulting with dozens of stakeholders including community-based organizations, elected officials and city managers, other government agencies, school districts, childcare providers, healthcare and vaccination partners, labor unions, faith-based organizations, representatives of grocery stores and agriculture communities and law enforcement and the courts," Ferrer says.
There are currently more than 2 million people in the county eligible for shots. The new groups will add close to 1.4 million more.