It is last call at the Oakland Coliseum for second doses of the vaccine.
The mass vaccination site – one of the largest in the state – is shutting down on Sunday.
Alameda County health officials are calling the site a success. Since it opened in February with help from FEMA and state emergency officials, half a million doses have been given out. That has helped the Bay Area achieve some of the highest vaccination rates in the state.
But as demand has now dwindled from several thousand shots a day to several hundred, the county took over management of the site in the last few weeks and has pivoted to giving out just second doses. The state says demand for the vaccine peaked in mid-April.
The county now says it will turn its focus to supporting vaccinations at smaller clinics, pharmacies and grocery stores and reaching 12 to 15-year-olds, who just recently were approved to get the Pfizer vaccine.
The state’s other mass vaccination clinic at Dodger Stadium will close on Thursday and San Francisco’s mass site at Moscone Center will shut down by the end of the month.
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