SF’s Vaccine Supplies Run Out. Mass Sites Shut for Week
San Francisco announced on Sunday it was pauses high volume vaccination site operations due to lack of supply. The city stated that no existing appointments were canceled and that new spots will only be released for booking once the vaccine supply is confirmed.
San Francisco’s High Volume Vaccine Sites Status
As of 2/14/21
- The Moscone high volume site will pause for one week and will reopen once supply is sufficient to resume operations. Moscone is being operated in partnership with Kaiser Permanente and fellow consortium members, Adventist Health, the CA Medical Association, Dignity Health, Futuro Health and the California Primary Care Association.
- The City College high volume site expects to resume on Friday (February 19, 2021) for second doses only.
- The third high volume site – the San Francisco Produce Market in Bayview – is scheduled to launch this week but with available appointments far below full capacity.
According to a press release issued by the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management on Sunday, the vaccine supply coming to San Francisco’s healthcare providers and the Department of Public Health (DPH) is limited, inconsistent, and unpredictable, making vaccine roll out difficult and denying San Franciscans this potentially life-saving intervention.
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With the opening of the City College and Moscone high volume vaccination sites, vaccines administered by healthcare providers, pharmacies, and DPH in San Francisco increased significantly to average 7,400 doses over the last seven days. At the beginning of last week, San Francisco vaccinated 31% of the 65 and older population, and ended the week at 47%, nearly at the halfway mark. The City has the capacity to administer more than 10,000 vaccines per day but lack the vaccine supply.
Moscone will resume as supply increases. We’re hoping for more info in the next few days. We’ll maintain enough doses to ensure second shots for people on schedule.
CCSF will resume Friday for only second doses until supply increases.
No existing appointments will be cancelled.
— London Breed (@LondonBreed) February 14, 2021
San Francisco healthcare providers, pharmacies, and DPH has to vaccinate more than 760,000 residents over the age of 16, requiring more than 1.5 million doses. As of February 13, San Francisco received 262,000 doses and administered more than 190,000 doses to San Franciscans and surrounding Bay Area residents. This is a vaccine usage rate of 72.4%. The remaining vaccine doses are set aside for scheduled first appointments and scheduled second doses.
