San Francisco on Monday launched its first COVID-19 vaccination site in the city’s Mission district, one of the neighborhoods hit hardest by the pandemic.
The new, small-scale site comes after the city opened its first mass vaccination site at City College in San Francisco last month, though the site is available by invitation only for the time being, as dose vaccination is limited.
The new site is located in 24 and Capp Street and is for appointment only and is administered to health workers and people over 65 years of age. The site can currently vaccinate 120 people, but in the future the city hopes to lift the number to between 200 and 400 vaccinations per day, once the vaccination is available.
The city eventually hopes to vaccinate up to 10,000 residents daily between all of its planned vaccination sites.
“COVID-19 has excessively affected our Latino community, which is why it is so important that we bring these vaccines directly to the neighborhoods that have been so badly affected,” Mayor London Breed said in a statement. ‘We are ready to administer 10,000 vaccines a day here in San Francisco as soon as the supply through our network of large volume vaccination sites increases, as well as a range of neighborhoods that provide easy access to our various communities in the city. . “
Grant Colfax, director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health, said: “The 24th Street Web site is a model for how we can reach every community in San Francisco. Along with the ongoing commitment to public health measures such as masking and social distance, is and a fair program to spread the vaccine across San Francisco, this pandemic could come to an end. ‘
The new website is operated by the University of California at San Francisco, Unidos and Salud / United in Health and the Latino Task Force.
“Today is an important milestone in our fight to fight COVID-19, and it is because we are in partnership and in trust that we are able to bring vaccines directly to a population that is suffering painfully and excessively through this pandemic has been affected, “Latino Jon Jacobo, chair of the task force’s health committee, said.
Residents of Latino in the city as well as across the country have seen the most exorbitant infection rates, with Latinos making up 42 percent of all cases nationwide, while representing just 15 percent of the city’s population.
As more vaccines become available, the city wants to start additional neighborhood vaccination centers in areas such as Bayview, Chinatown, Western Addition, Outer Sunset and Potrero Hill.
The city encourages people living and / or working in San Francisco to sign up to receive notifications about when they are eligible to receive the vaccine at www.sf.gov/vaccinenotify.
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