San Francisco will temporarily stop mass vaccination

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The San Francisco Department of Public Health said it would close the two high-volume COVID-19 vaccination sites for the next few days, with a “limited, inconsistent and unpredictable” supply.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – FEBRUARY 4: 72-year-old Irene Villa receives a COVID-19 vaccine from Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Assistant Director of Health Jamie Rant during a news conference announcing the opening of a center Mass Vaccination Program at Moscone Center in San Francisco, California, Thursday, February 4, 2021. (Anda Chu / Bay Area News Group)

In a statement Sunday, officials said the city’s sites at Moscone Center and City College of San Francisco have increased the supply of vaccines by the department, pharmacies and health care providers to an average of 7,400 doses in the past seven years. days.

These figures have helped increase the percentage of the city’s population over the age of 65 to receive a vaccine from 31% at the beginning of last week to 47%.

But declining supply is forcing tough choices, including closing the Moscone Center site for a week. This site, run in partnership with Kaiser Permanente, Adventist Health, the California Medical Association, Dignity Health, Futuro Health and the California Primary Care Association, will reopen once enough vaccines are available to resume efforts.

The City College site will be shut down this week before reopening on Friday, but only to provide a second dose. A third high-volume SF marketplace in the city’s Bayview neighborhood is still expected to open later this week, managing appointments without cancellation, but limiting other available appointments, reserving them only with confirmed vaccine.

Martin Auzenne, 73, received a COVID-19 vaccine shot by a medical worker at the vaccination site in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco on Monday, February 8, 2021. (Photo AP / Haven Daley) Haven Daley / Associated the press

“The supply of vaccines to health care providers in San Francisco and the Department of Public Health (DPH) is limited, inconsistent and unpredictable, making it difficult to launch the vaccine and denying San Franciscans this potential life-saving intervention,” officials said. partly on Sunday.

According to the city’s health department, the city has administered more than 190,000 of 262,000 doses to city and regional residents and plans to use its remaining source for the first and second scheduled appointments.

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