Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P].
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will provide $16.8 million to Stanford Health Care to create a synergy to help distribute and administer COVID-19 vaccines at six different sites throughout the Bay Area.
The contribution will cover expenses for the purchase of personal protective equipment, facility costs and other supplies needed to store, handle, transport and administer the immunization doses.
According to a statement from FEMA, the expenses could be extended and will be covered, once Stanford provides the necessary documentation.
"FEMA continues to work with our partners, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other federal agencies, state, tribal and territorial authorities, private sector partners and others to help increase and expedite vaccines in the United States," the agency said.
For its part, Stanford Health Care said it has not yet received grant funds from FEMA, but said that once the funds arrive, it may even be able to open an additional site for the implementation of the vaccine.
"This grant will support our efforts to maintain seven vaccination sites in three counties in which we operate to increase access to vaccines for as many people as quickly as possible in our effort to help end the pandemic. Stanford Health Care does not purchase doses. The state is in charge of vaccine allocation," she said.
