California joins feds in bid to speed coronavirus vaccines
By DON THOMPSONFebruary 4, 2021 GMT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) California joined with the federal government to open two new mass vaccination centers as test areas for new President Joseph Biden’s effort to create 100 such sites nationwide in 100 days, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday.
The sites at the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum and California State University, Los Angeles, will be jointly run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.
The move comes as California’s deadliest pandemic surge eases but the state struggles with vaccine shortages and bureaucratic headaches in a race to vaccinate its most vulnerable people.
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Governor Newsom announced this week a partnership with the federal government to establish mass vaccination sites in California. These will also serve as pilot sites for the federal government’s vaccine response nationally.
This comes as COVID cases are trending downwards in the state, but vaccination rollout has been all but smooth. There will be two additional vaccination sites in the state. The sites will be at Oakland-Alameda Coliseum and California State University, Los Angeles, and will be jointly run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.
The new sites will open February 16th, and will aim to administer 5,000 doses a day, according to a state spokesperson.
State joins feds in bid to speed vaccines
Feb. 04, 2021 at 6:00 am
DON THOMPSON , Associated Press
California joined with the federal government to open two new mass vaccination centers as test areas for new President Joseph Biden’s effort to create 100 such sites nationwide in 100 days, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday.
The sites at the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum and California State University, Los Angeles, will be jointly run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.
The move comes as California’s deadliest pandemic surge eases but the state struggles with vaccine shortages and bureaucratic headaches in a race to vaccinate an array of the most vulnerable people.
UpdatedThu, Feb 4, 2021 at 12:02 pm PT
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Gov. Gavin Newsom speaking during a virtual briefing from the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. (Office of the Governor via AP)
ALAMEDA COUNTY, CA A coronavirus vaccine megasite will open at the Oakland Coliseum on Feb. 16, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced at a news conference at the Coliseum on Wednesday. He was joined by state and local officials and by the president of the Oakland A s, who made the site available.
The megasite is expected to administer 6,000 doses of vaccine each day.
A second megasite will open at California State University, Los Angeles on the same day.