RELATED: California allowing residents 65 and older to get COVID-19 vaccineIn California, counties begged for more coronavirus vaccine to reach millions of their senior citizens.
Hospitals in South Carolina ran out appointment slots within hours. Phone lines were jammed in Georgia.Up until the past few days, health care workers and nursing home patients had largely been given priority in most places around the U.S.
But amid frustration over the slow rollout, states have thrown open the line to many of the nation's 54 million senior citizens with the blessing of the Trump administration, though the minimum age varies from place to place, at 65, 70 or higher.Medical center holds COVID-19 vaccine before it is administered in a clinical trial.