The good news in Los Angeles this week is that the city’s largest vaccination site, Covid-19, will reopen in Dodger Stadium. The bad news is that for the second week in a row, the city can give almost no first doses of vaccine.
Last week we received only 16,000 new doses. “It’s about the number of new doses we give every day,” said Mayor Eric Garcetti. “It’s 90,000 lower than last week. This is unacceptable. ”
This week, Garcetti said in a statement that the city had received only 58,000 doses of vaccine. This is much better than the 16,000 new doses last week, but about 35% below the 90,000 doses delivered the week before.
Accordingly, Garcetti said: “the city will prioritize individuals whose second dose should be administered in the coming days.”
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This is bad news for the increasingly large group of people who are eligible for vaccination.
“Given the low level of overall inventory, approximately 4,600 first doses will be available throughout the week at the city’s newest premises at Pierce College and mobile vaccination clinics serving our most vulnerable communities.”
The city administered an average of about 13,051 doses per day before the recent shortages.
You can read the full statement from the mayor at the bottom of this post.
VACCINE UPDATE: The city of LA will administer 58,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week, most of which will be preferred for appointments in the second dose.
Until we receive larger vaccines, the first dose will be available. Https://t.co/Om37xZ9U8d
– MayorOfLA (@MayorOfLA) 15 February 2021
Los Angeles County will also limit the majority of its available Covid-19 vaccinations this week to provide second-dose for those ready to receive it, with large-scale works operated by the province administering only second-dose. health officials announced Friday.
“Next week, the majority of appointments will be at our vaccination sites for second doses,” said Dr. Paul Simon, chief scientific officer of the public health department, said. “We will only provide second doses on our Mega-POD (delivery point).” This is after we only delivered second shots last week, which made the country have to cancel the first dose appointments for two weeks in a row due to problems with the vaccine supply.
“We are all frustrated. We know we could have done a lot more if we had had more doses, ”Simon said on Friday. ‘For example, we now receive around 200 000 doses every week, and because we have examined all our suppliers, we are confident that we can administer up to 600 000 doses per week. So we have a much, much greater capacity if we can get the available vaccine. ”
Here is Garcetti’s full statement:
LA County, which administers its own broader network of vaccination centers, said Friday that it will not be offering any first vaccinations for the second consecutive week.
Mayor Eric Garcetti announced today that vaccination sites in the city will prioritize the second doses this week. Local leaders continue to advocate for a larger supply of COVID-19 vaccines for the city and county of Los Angeles. Until more shipments arrive, however, the first doses will be very limited.
“Our city has the tools, the infrastructure and the determination to vaccinate Angelenos quickly and safely – we simply need more doses,” said Mayor Garcetti. “Our density and demographics have made our region the center of this crisis over the past few months, and with a reliable, steady supply of vaccines we can get more shots into people’s arms, lower infection rates, hospitalization and deaths, and defeat this pandemic once and for all. ”
The city of Los Angeles is expected to receive just 54,000 doses of Moderna and 4,000 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines this week. In accordance with the guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and the Provincial Department of Public Health, the city will prioritize individuals whose second doses are needed in the coming days. If the city receives additional supplies this week, more first-dose appointments will be available online at Coronavirus.LACity.org/VaxAppointment.
This week’s second dose appointments were automatically scheduled for Angelenos receiving their first dose from January 18 to 23 at Hansen Dam, San Fernando Park, Crenshaw Christian Center, Lincoln Park and Dodger Stadium. Eligible patients should have received an SMS and / or an email with their second appointment details.
Given the low level of overall inventory, approximately 4,600 first doses will be available throughout the week at the city’s newest premises at Pierce College and mobile vaccination clinics serving our most vulnerable communities. Most vaccination sites in the city are expected to be open this week from Tuesday to Saturday; Hansen Dam reopens on Wednesday. Mobile clinics are scheduled to operate from Council Districts 8, 9 and 14 from Tuesday to Friday.
Angelenos can visit Coronavirus.LACity.org/Vaccine to see if the availability of the first dose appointment, register for notifications and find out more information about the second dose appointments.