Saturday, March 20, will be the last day of operations at the Petco Park vaccination station, UC San Diego Health confirmed.
The drive-thru site on K Street has been offering the first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna since mid-January, weather permitting.
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UC San Diego Health has asked people who received their first dose of Moderna vaccine downtown to make sure they have scheduled the second dose for this week. Anyone cannot check their MyUCSDChart account or call 800-926-8273.
Last week, county leaders said the site would eventually have to close permanently before baseball returned to Petco Park. The parents said they would allow fans with limited capacity at the stadium if San Diego County moves to the red level, which county leaders expect to happen on Tuesday.
In early March, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria announced that shelter operations for homeless people at the convention center, which were launched at the beginning of the pandemic, were coming to an end. County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said the convention center is a super-site candidate, but only if the county has seen an increase in vaccine supply.
“It will be waiting for a significant increase in vaccines,” Fletcher said. “So we don’t know when it will be, but we’re making arrangements and preparations to be able to administer it.”
Petco Park Super Station was the county’s first large-scale vaccination site and began with the goal of managing 5,000 photos each day. The site served more than 2,500 health workers on the first day of operation.
The county operates five other super vaccination stations in partnership with several health care networks, as well as dozens of smaller satellite locations. A list can be found here.
On Monday, the county expanded vaccine eligibility to include anyone 16 years of age and older, with specific underlying health conditions. Details of eligibility in the county can be found here.
To date, more than 430,300 San Diego County residents have been completely vaccinated. This batch is expected to grow with the arrival of the unique Johnson & Johnson vaccine last week.