Due to unfulfilled schedules, Cal State LA offers vaccinations for anyone 18 years of age and older – CBS Los Angeles

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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A major vaccination site in Los Angeles has such a high overdose of COVID-19 vaccine that it allows anyone 18 years of age or older to go and receive a vaccine.

People are queuing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at the Cal State LA website. April 7, 2021. (CBSLA)

The state’s emergency services office reported Wednesday that many meetings with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at the federal Cal State LA-administered super-site were to be missed.

While only people in eligible groups can make advanced appointments online, Cal State LA offers vaccinations for everyone over the age of 18 until Sunday, when the city of LA will take over the site from the federal government.

“To the extent that appointments are not met, there may be a limited number of appointments available as walks for people over the age of 18 between tomorrow and continuing until Sunday, when site management is transferred to the city,” the carrier said. CAL OES spokesman Brian Ferguson told CBSLA in a statement Wednesday. Providing vaccinators working in the workplace with some flexibility to fill vacancy appointment slots allows us to expand the vaccination rate in California in an efficient, effective and equitable manner.

Eligibility for vaccination was opened on April 1 for anyone aged 50 and over, and starting April 15, anyone aged 16 and over will be able to get the vaccine throughout California.

Vaccination clinics have sprung up throughout the region, making it easier than ever to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

On Wednesday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the opening of a new clinic at the Million-Dollar Theater near the Grand Central Market in downtown LA. He urged restaurant workers and their families to be vaccinated, regardless of their immigration status or access to health insurance. .

Great Lakers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar appeared with Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner to encourage parents to get vaccinated at George Washington Prep High School or Abraham Lincoln High School in Lincoln Heights, the first of 25 LAUSD campuses to host vaccination clinics. .

“The unified school district of LA will continue to address all students and ensure that everyone gets the vaccine, because we all want to be cured, we don’t want to lose people because of the COVID virus,” Abdul-Jabbar said.

Other vaccination clinics were launched Wednesday at Los Angeles City College and the Southeast-Rio Vista YMCA, both of which require appointments.

The drive-thru and walk-up clinic launched at LA City College, but future clinics – which are open to the general public and members of LA Care and Blue Shield Promise – will take place on certain days in severely affected locations, such as East Los Angeles. , Pacoima, Lynwood and the Antelope Valley. Appointments for the LA Care clinic can be made at lacare.org/vaccine.

The Southeast-Rio Vista YMCA Clinic will be open until Saturday for eligible members of Southeast Los Angeles Collaborative who live and work in Bell, Bell Gardens, Commerce, Cudahy, Florence-Firestone, Maywood, Huntington Park, Lynwood, South Gate, Vernon and Walnut. Park. A total of 2,000 Johnson & Johnson doses are expected to be distributed at the four-day clinic.

In the meantime, eligible residents of Glendale and surrounding communities can be vaccinated on Friday at this mass vaccination site at Glendale Community College. The site will be run by Jewel City Vax Clinic in partnership with the city, Glendale Community College and Adventist Health Glendale and will have the capacity to administer 10,000 vaccinations per week. Appointments on this site can be made on the state’s MyTurn site.

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