A second neighborhood mass COVID-19 vaccination center has been set up at the Community Academy of Philadelphia Charter School in the city’s Juniata section. The Philadelphia Department of Public Health opened its second of three neighborhood coronavirus vaccination clinics Thursday for residents with appointments.
As reported by 6abc, Mayor Jim Kenney joined Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley and other leaders, to tour the site before it opened in the morning. “The people who are invited here today are the people who went to the government website and signed up under our vaccine interest database,” Farley said.
City officials stated that the goal of the plan consists of vaccinating up to 500 people every operative day of the clinics.
Tuesday opened at Martin Luther King Jr. Older Adult Center the first mass vaccination center under this new effort to get shots more available.
People living nearby and others from across the city were seen receiving the vaccine.
Numbers must go down
“Until we get these numbers down, until we get the herd immunity, we’re not going to get any sense of normalcy in the city of Philadelphia and in this country,” said Philadelphia Council President Darrell Clarke.
The vaccine locations are open to Philadelphia residents who had appointments and who are eligible for f phase 1B.
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Officials explained that when it comes to getting appointments at these sites, residents must first fill out the vaccine interest form on the Philadelphia Health Department’s website or call by phone. After that, they will be notified by email or phone to set up an appointment.
Next Saturday another community vaccination center will start operations in West Philadelphia at the University of the Sciences.
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