California to Speed County Reopenings as COVID Vaccinations Increase

Drivers remain in their vehicles while being monitored to ensure they suffer no adverse reaction to the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine they received at the Forum in Inglewood, California on Saturday, March 6, 2021. As more Californians get vaccinated, the state will make it easier for counties to reopen, Newsom administration officials announced this week. Once 2 million coronavirus vaccines have been given to people in the state's most disadvantaged ZIP codes, the California Department of Public Health will lower the threshold for counties to move from the most restrictive purple tier into the less restrictive red tier. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI