SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – On the same day that the province enables teachers, law enforcement and food workers to get the coronavirus vaccine, the superstar vaccination in Petco Park will close again.
According to a provincial spokesperson, the site, which is the largest distribution site in the country, will be closed from Saturday 27 February to Tuesday 2 March. The closure is due to a nationwide shortage of doses of Moderna coronavirus vaccine, the spokesman added.
Appointments scheduled for the weekend until early next week are rescheduled. The individuals will be notified via the country’s MyChart system to select a rescheduled date.
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The spokesperson said that vaccinations for teachers will not be affected because it is administered by a different system. It was not immediately clear how the closure would affect other eligible groups on Saturday, including police officers and food workers.
Any provincial vaccination sites currently administering Pfizer vaccines will also not be affected.
This is the second weekend that the Petco Park distribution website closes. The site closed Sunday, Feb. 14 to Tuesday, Feb. 16 after a shipment of Moderna vaccines was delayed. The site closed again from Saturday 19 February to Monday 22 February after a winter storm delayed the transport of vaccines across the country.
Saturday marks the beginning of the province’s pressure to vaccinate another half a million San Diegans who qualify under Phase 1B of California’s vaccine distribution plan. Educators, emergency services personnel and food and agricultural workers now qualify. Residents 65 and older in that phase have already been vaccinated.