(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)SACRAMENTO, Calif. ā California on Wednesday said itās safe to resume using a batch of Moderna coronavirus vaccine after some people fell ill and a halt to injections was recommended.
About 330,000 doses from the lot had been distributed to nearly 300 providers in California this month.
More than 4 million doses had been shipped and about 1.5 million had been administered as of Tuesday, according to figures from the state public health department.
āThe chief obstacle we are facing is not enough doses,ā said Roland Pickens, director of San Franciscoās public health care system, at a supervisorsā hearing Wednesday.
The total of 694 new deaths is second to the record 708 reported Jan. 8, according to the state Department of Public Health.