New vaccination site opens at Mountain View community center
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 5, 2020, in this image courtesy of the Henry Ford Health System, volunteers are given the Moderna mRNA-1273 Coronavirus Efficacy (COVE) vaccine. A new distribution site in Mountain View plans to give 5,000 vaccines a week. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)-/AFP via Getty Images
By Jana Kadah
Bay City News Foundation
A new vaccination site with capacity to provide up to 5,000 vaccinations per week opened in Mountain View on Friday.
The vaccination site at the Mountain View Community Center is appointment-only and will begin services gradually to prevent appointment delays.
In short order, the Mountain View Community Center has transformed from a recreational space to a hub for mass vaccinations, with a goal of providing the COVID-19 vaccine to 1,000 people each day.
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The path towards increasing South Bay Covid-19 vaccinations shortened Friday. This, as Santa Clara County unveiled a new mass vaccination site at the Mountain View Community Center.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - The path towards increasing South Bay COVID-19 vaccinations shortened Friday. This, as Santa Clara County unveiled a new mass vaccination site at the Mountain View Community Center. At the end of the day, everyone’s gonna have to get the vaccine if life is to get back to normal, said Nicolas Chew, a healthcare worker who was one of the first to get vaccinated at the new center.
The new vaccination site is a collaboration between the county, which will operate the site, and city staff who will support it. Right now, vaccines are available to healthcare workers, long-term care facility residents and those 75 years and older.
As more vaccines come to the county, eligibility will increase, county officials said. But city and county officials said this new site is a step in the right direction.
County Executive Jeff Smith said the new site will add much-needed capacity, to the county and builds upon its existing capacity in San Jose and Gilroy.
The new vaccination site is now accepting appointments and will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday at 201 S. Rengstorff Ave.
Residents at Channing House, a senior independent living and long-term care center, say vaccines are the first step in bringing back a sense of normalcy.
Few health care providers are going that far, however. Kaiser, which previously announced it was making the vaccines available to a limited number of people 65 years and older, has now scaled back to those who are age 75 and older, Smith said.
County leaders said they will soon be opening a mass-vaccination center at the Mountain View Community Center, which will soon be taking appointments, but once again, it isn t open to patients with primary care physicians. Patients of county medical centers should receive their vaccines through their providers.