Dodger Stadium will become a Covid-19 vaccination site by the end of the week and will no longer offer tests as of today, according to a statement from Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
Once the site is fully operational, up to 12,000 people can be vaccinated per day, the statement said, adding that the transition to a vaccination site will reduce the testing capacity in the county, but will triple the number of vaccines available to residents. Plans are underway to expand testing to other locations across the county.
Vaccines are the safest way to defeat this virus and chart a path to recovery, so the city, the county and our entire team are putting our best resources into the field to vaccinate Angelenos as quickly, safely and efficiently as possible ”, said Garcetti.
“In this moment of darkness where cases, hospitalizations and deaths are skyrocketing, this bold step in offering Covid-19 testing and vaccines in the heart of Los Angeles reflects the dual nature of this moment – it is dark, but at the same time promising,” said the president. of the LA County supervisory board, Hilda Solis.
On Sunday, the California Department of Public Health announced that anyone in the highest priority groups known as phase 1A – including healthcare professionals, residents and nursing home staff and those living in congregated settings, such as shelters – will be eligible for vaccination starting today.
Data from the health department show that about 33% of the doses received were administered throughout the state.
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