Dodger Stadium vaccine site to close as demand slows
LA TimesIn another sign of slowing demand for the COVID-19 vaccine, Los Angeles city officials announced on Friday that the mass vaccination site at Dodger Stadium — one of the largest in the country — will cease operations by the end of May, as part of a major shift to increase appointment-free vaccine availability at other city-run sites. Deputy Mayor Jeff Gorell said the city has “The process that will allow us to demobilize Dodger Stadium will allow us to maintain vaccine capacity and spread it out citywide,” Gorell said. Cal State Los Angeles, Southwest College, USC, San Fernando Park and the 10 city-run mobile sites will follow suit next week as the hilltop drive-through site at Dodger Stadium progressively winds down operations. And for some, that’s going to mean that we’re going to bring the vaccine close to where you already are at — if you’re at a shopping center; if you’re at a church or a mosque; if you’re at a school.” The Dodger Stadium site, which previously served as the largest coronavirus testing site in the country, has been operated by the Los Angeles Fire Department and Sean Penn’s nonprofit CORE.
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