The Health Care District of Palm Beach County announced it is planning to close its three mass vaccination sites by the end of May and instead it will offer at mobile sites.
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The Health Care District of Palm Beach County announced it is planning to close its three mass vaccination sites by the end of May and instead will offer shots at mobile sites.
First doses of the Pfizer vaccine will last be provided at the Burns Road Community Center in Palm Beach Gardens on Thursday, the South County Civic Center on Saturday and the South Florida Fairgrounds on May 6.
The district said the final second doses will be scheduled for the North County site on May 13, the South County Civic Center on May 15 and the South Florida Fairgrounds on May 27.
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The county will reallocate its resources toward its mobile sites in order to directly target people in the community.
Palm Beach County will be shutting the door on its three mass vaccination sites as interest for the COVID-19 vaccine has rapidly waned among young people.
Darcy Davis, CEO of the Palm Beach County Healthcare District, told county commissioners on Tuesday the sites will be closed by the end of May.
The county will reallocate its resources toward its mobile vaccination sites in order to directly target people in the community.
The three county-run sites are the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach, South County Civic Center in Delray Beach and Burns Road Community Center in Palm Beach Gardens.
3 mass vaccination sites to close in Palm Beach County
With interest in getting a coronavirus vaccine waning, Palm Beach County health officials are planning to close its three mass vaccination sites by the end of May and take the shots on the road.
While officials expected demand to increase this month when state residents as young as 16 became eligible to get vaccinated, instead it has tanked, Darcy Davis, CEO of the county’s health care district, told county commissioners on Tuesday.
Vaccination centers at the South Florida Fairgrounds, the South County Civic Center and the Burns Road Community Center are operating at 50% capacity this week because no one signed up for more than 10,000 of the roughly 16,000 appointments that were available, she said.