February 4, 3:36 PM
Facade of the Moscone Center convention center in downtown San Francisco, California during the 2018 renovation August 2, 2018. (Photo by Smith Collection / Gado / Getty Images)
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San Francisco is gearing up to open the city’s second mass vaccination site at the Moscone Center Friday, with the goal of delivering up to 10,000 vaccinations a day when supplies are available.
For starters, the site offers appointments for health professionals and individuals 65 and older, in accordance with state vaccination guidelines.
Last month, the city launched the first mass vaccination site at City College of San Francisco and opened a small-scale clinic in the Mission District earlier this week. A separate vaccination site at San Francisco State University is for people 65 and older. All sites remain by appointment only.
“We work every day to set up systems to get people vaccinated as soon as we have the supply,” Mayor London Breed said in a statement. “When vaccines come to our city, whether through our Department of Health or our private healthcare partners, we must do everything we can to move it quickly and efficiently.”
The Moscone Center site is launched through a partnership between the city’s Department of Public Health and a consortium of private health insurance companies that include Kaiser Permanente, the California Medical Association, and Adventist Health.
The city plans to operate a third high-volume vaccination site in the Bayview District, as well as a number of additional small sites in neighborhoods such as Chinatown, Western Addition, Outer Sunset, and Potrero Hill.
San Francisco residents and those who work in the city can visit sf.gov/getvaccinated or the state website myturn.ca.gov for eligibility information and to schedule an appointment.