The city of San Francisco is partnering with Kaiser Permanente to open a mass coronavirus vaccination site at the city's Moscone Center.
Mayor London Breed announced the site late Thursday morning.
It will initially serve health care workers and community members ages 65 and older, by appointment only and in accordance with the State’s prioritization plan. The site will eventually allow for vaccinations on a broad scale and at a dynamic pace once adequate vaccine supply is received from the state.
Throughout this week Mayor Breed opened multiple neighborhood vaccination sites in the Mission and the Bay view, and now Moscone Center is expected to be the latest destination, which could eventually hold between 7,000 to 10,000 vaccinations per day.
Appointments will be open to schedule on Friday via the MyTurn web site..
The announcement Thursday came after officials announced on Wednesday that the Coliseum would be prepped for a February 16th open, with help from the federal government. That mega site could hold about 6,000 daily vaccinations.
On Friday the cities of Berkeley and Albany are opening a mass vaccination site in the North Parking lot of Golden Gate Fields, for residents 75 and older. But that site will remain open only until Monday.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state has tripled the number of daily vaccines administered in just the last few weeks.
"With these vaccines, with these case rates declining, we see light at the end of the tunnel," Newsom said.
A study out of UC Berkeley found that 56 percent of Californians said relief from the coronavirus tops their list of concerns - over climate change, the economy and race relations.
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