From the Dodger Stadium, which he proposed, was the country – and possibly the world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination site, “Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that Los Angeles’ five vaccination sites already have more than 80,000 vaccinated people. The mayor said the Dodger Stadium facility delivered a staggering 7,730 doses on Wednesday alone.
‘The last person to come here, I think of 11 [p.m.]”The mayor said that those who run the premises have decided to keep the gates running. We have probably done more vaccinations here than anywhere else, probably not in the country.
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Garcetti also revealed that by the end of the day, LA will have finished vaccinating all residents of competent nursing homes.
These are significant achievements, but they did not go without problems.
Garcetti admitted that many in Dodger Stadium on Wednesday waited hours to be vaccinated. One senior told Deadline he waited four hours in line. While the mayor insisted that the waiting time on Thursday was no longer than an hour and averaged about 30-40 minutes, he apologized to those who waited on Wednesday.
Still, Garcetti urged Angelenos to stock up on their cars, bring snacks and use the bathroom before sitting in line at Dodger Stadium.
One resident who probably did not have to wait four hours was former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who tweeted a video of his Dodger Stadium vaccination on Wednesday. Arnold said, “I’ve never been happier waiting in line.”
Today has been a great day. I have never been happier waiting in line. If you are eligible, join me and sign up to get your vaccination. Come with me if you want to live! pic.twitter.com/xJi86qQNcm
– Arnold Schwarzenegger) 20 January 2021
The site’s initial goal was to deliver 12,000 doses a day, and Garcetti indicated it’s still the target – it should be. Garcetti said that at the current vaccination rate in Los Angeles, all health care workers and the elderly would only be vaccinated in June if the pace did not improve.
Garcetti has indicated that there are currently two lines of cars rolling through Dodger Stadium. The plan is to add a third row to speed things up.
He appealed to state and federal officials for more doses before saying: ‘Demand is still rising supply. We are still waiting to hear how many doses are coming. ”
Los Angeles director of public health Barbara Ferrer said Wednesday the province expects to receive about 143,900 doses of the vaccines next week. However, since people must receive two
doses of the medication, which are three to four weeks apart, most of the vaccine coming next week will be used to give second doses to people who have already had their first chance.
She estimates that only 37,900 of the doses coming next week are available for people to receive their first dose.
“This is what I mean by a serious supply problem,” she said. “We just don’t get enough vaccine doses to move as fast as we would like.”
She said the country had received 685,000 doses by the end of last week, with 307,000 used so far for the first doses and 87,000 for the second doses. The province is still completing vaccinations of hundreds of thousands of health workers with remaining doses, even as it expanded access to people 65 and older this week.
LA County Public Health on Thursday confirmed 262 new deaths and 8,512 new cases of confirmed Covid-19. “The last time we had two days of less than 10,000 cases was in early December,” the mayor noted. “It’s progress.”
7,263 people were admitted to hospital in Covid-19 on Thursday. According to Garcetti, this is 7% less than last week.
Last week, the seven-day average of new cases was 15,182. This week, the average of seven days was 10,560, a decrease of 30%.
City News Service contributed to this report.
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