By Karina Macias
Feb 8, 2021
Levi s Stadium will be opening Tuesday, February 9, for people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. This will be the largest vaccination site in the state of California, vaccinating about 5,000 people a day and will increase to 15,000 people a day once more vaccines are available.
49ers President Al Guido said in a statement,
We have brought every resource at our disposal to bear on this challenge to ensure members of the community we live in each and every day can be vaccinated safely and quickly.
Appointments must be made, vaccinations will take place inside the stadium. For more information on COVID-19 vaccines in Santa Clara County, click here.
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California s largest vaccination site to open at Levi s Stadium
By Lisa Fernandez
KTVU s Jesse Gary reports.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The San Francisco 49ers and the County of Santa Clara on Friday announced the creation of they re saying will be California’s largest vaccination site at Levi’s Stadium.
In a joint statement, the team and the county said the site will open Tuesday with the initial capacity to vaccinate 5,000 people per day, with plans to increase capacity up to 15,000 people a day as vaccine supplies increase. The vaccinations will be given to Santa Clara County residents. We recognize the urgent need for an effective and equitable vaccination effort for our community and are proud to partner with the County of Santa Clara to bring this vaccination site online as quickly and efficiently as possible, said 49ers President Al Guido said in a statement. We have brought every resource at our disposal to bear on this challenge to ensure members of the community w
49ers Levi s Stadium will be transformed into California s largest vaccination site
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Levi’s Stadium will transform into a huge mass-vaccination site.Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle 2020
Three months after the San Francisco 49ers last played in Levi’s Stadium, the team is joining with Santa Clara County to turn the 68,500-seat facility into California’s largest vaccination site.
Workers initially will be able to vaccinate 5,000 county residents per day when the venue opens next week. But capacity could rise as high as 15,000 people per day as vaccine supplies increase.
Across the Bay Area, sports stadiums and conference centers are being transformed into vaccination sites. San Francisco’s Moscone Center opened for vaccinations on Friday, and the federal government plans to open the Oakland Coliseum on Feb. 16 to provide up to 6,000 shots a day and will be sending active-duty troops to California to assist with mass vaccinations.
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