The California Health Department has expanded its definition of healthcare workers to now include people who work at dental clinics in the state's first wave of COVID-19 vaccination.
California is in the process of administering the COVID-19 vaccine to individuals within phase 1a, which includes 3 million people and is divided into three tiers. Dentists fall into phase 1a tier 3.
Local health departments and providers should immediately administer COVID-19 vaccines to individuals in all tiers of phase 1a, according to a Jan. 7 release from the state health department.