Philly Opens Sixth Standing Mass Coronavirus Vaccine Clinic

Philadelphia PA

22 March, 2021

3:39 PM

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PHILADELPHIA — Another mass coronavirus vaccination clinic is now open in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Department of Public Health and The Edward O'Malley Athletic Association, along with City of Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and City Council member Mark Squilla Monday morning together opened the new clinic in South Philadelphia. The sixth clinic run by the city is located at the Edward O'Malley Athletic Association, 144 Moore St. Officials said the site can vaccinate 500 people per day. This is the second city-run clinic in South Philadelphia; the first opened at the Grand Yesha Ballroom, 2308 Snyder Ave., Wednesday last week. Additional sites at the Cannstatter Volksfest-Verein German American Club, 9130 Academy Road, and City Facility, 7800 Ogontz Ave., are set to open soon, as well. Earlier this week the city opened a site at Two more sites are set to open next week as well. They are the Cannstatter Volksfest-Verein German American Club, 9130 Academy Road, and City Facility, 7800 Ogontz Ave. Sites already open are: Community Academy Charter School, 1100 E. Erie Ave.Center City Vaccination Center at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, 100 N. 12th St.MLK Older Adult Center, 2101 Cecil B. Moore Ave.University of the Sciences, Bobby Morgan Arena, 835 S. 43rd St. Mastery Charter Simon Gratz High School, 1798 W. Hunting Park Ave. Philadelphians who want to get the coronavirus vaccine can fill out the vaccine interest form online here. As of Monday, 446,731 people have been partially vaccinated in Philadelphia and 174,894 have been fully vaccinated in the city.