Dodger Stadium and several other COVID-19 vaccination sites that were closed last week due to shortages will reopen on Tuesday, though continued supply problems mean the vast majority of shots fired are second-rate, Los Angeles officials said. .
People vaccinated in mid-January are automatically focused on appointments for most of the city’s expected weekly supply of 54,000 doses of Moderna and 4,000 doses of Pfizer, which the city says are being met by provincial and federal health officials.
Only 4,600 doses are set aside for initial vaccinations, administered at Pierce College and at mobile clinics in hard-hit parts of southern and eastern LA
Thousands more are expected to receive their initial dose on the Cal State LA campus, where premises jointly managed by the state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will begin Tuesday.
“This is a direct federal grant, separate from what goes to the country,” said State Department spokesman Brian Ferguson.
The site will have the capacity to vaccinate up to 6,000 people daily for at least eight weeks, as part of a Biden government to set up 100 vaccination sites nationwide in the first 100 days of the presidency. Government Gavin Newsom was elected this week in Cal State and a second at the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum to focus on underserved areas devastated by the virus and to ensure that communities that are often left behind are not left behind. ”
Ferguson has allocated group tickets to churches, social services agencies and other groups for a portion of the vaccines. The goal is for people with technology, language or other barriers to get appointments.
Meanwhile, teachers and other employees of the LA Unified School District will get their first vaccination site on Wednesday. The operation at the Roybal Learning Center near the city center will be available to district staff aged 65 and over and to those working on immunization work.
About 6 million vaccine doses have been administered in California, with just under 1.5 million in LA County. The virus is declining nationally and nationwide. Over the past week, the daily average number of new cases in California has dropped by 51% compared to two weeks ago.
At the peak of infections last month, the country averaged 241 COVID-19 deaths per day. The province scored 29 COVID-19 dies Monday, although the number may have been affected by the weekend and holidays report delays.
Even with the encouraging data, public health officials are advocating for more vaccine doses.
San Francisco’s Department of Public Health regrets the offer Sunday in a statement as ‘limited, inconsistent and unpredictable’. The city closed the Moscone Center vaccination site for a week and limited a large volume of premises at City College to second doses.
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti said in a statement on Monday: “Our city has the tools, the infrastructure and the determination to vaccinate Angelenos quickly and safely – we simply need more doses.”
Times authors Howard Blume and Adam Elmahrek contributed to this report.