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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – On the same day the county will allow teachers, law enforcement and food workers to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, the Petco Park Super Vaccination Station is set to close again.
The site, which is the county’s largest vaccine distribution site, will be closed from Saturday February 27 through Tuesday March 2, according to a county spokesperson. The shutdown is due to a shortage of doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine across the country, the spokesperson added.
The meetings that were scheduled for this weekend at the beginning of next week on the site are postponed. These individuals will be notified through the county’s MyChart system to choose an extended date.
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The spokesperson said teachers’ vaccinations will not be affected as they are administered by a different system. It was not immediately clear how the shutdown will affect other groups that become eligible on Saturday, including police and food workers.
None of the county-run vaccination sites that currently administer Pfizer vaccines will also be unaffected.
This is the second weekend in a row that the Petco Park distribution site has experienced closure. The site closed from Sunday February 14 to Tuesday February 16, after a shipment of Moderna vaccines was delayed. The site was closed again from Saturday February 19 to Monday February 22, after a winter storm delayed vaccine shipments in the country.
Saturday is the start of the county’s efforts to begin vaccinating about half a million additional San Diegans who qualify under Phase 1B of California’s vaccine distribution plan. Educators, emergency service personnel, and food and agricultural workers are now eligible. Residents 65 and over in this phase have already been eligible for vaccines.
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