City Of Long Beach:Cabrillo High School COVID-19 Vaccine Site Expands, Now Offering Friday Clinic

Long Beach CA

04 March, 2022

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Press release from the City of Long Beach: 3/3/2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPress Release # 30322 Subject: Cabrillo High School COVID-19 Vaccine Site Expands, Now Offering Friday Clinic Contact: Long Beach, CA – In an effort to make COVID-19 vaccines and boosters more accessible, the vaccination site at Cabrillo High School is now offering vaccine on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for everyone ages 5 and older. The City continues to offer free COVID-19 vaccination six days a week. The COVID-19 vaccination schedule is as follows: Cabrillo High School (2001 Santa Fe Ave.) Fridays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Long Beach City College, Pacific Coast Campus (Parking Lot 1, at the corner of Orange Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway) Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Houghton Park (6301 Myrtle Ave.) Mondays through Wednesdays, 1 to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. CSULB (6049 E. 7th St.) Mondays and Wednesdays in March, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. El Dorado Park West (2800 N. Studebaker Rd.) Wednesdays, 2 to 6 p.m. The Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) also offers in-home mobile vaccinations as a service for individuals with disabilities and those with access and functional needs. This service is also available to long-term care facilities, individuals in skilled nursing, elder care, sober living, and to anyone who cannot leave their homes to travel to a City COVID-19 vaccination clinic. To learn more or request mobile vaccine services, visit longbeach.gov/covid19mobilevaccination. The Health Department continues to urge everyone to get vaccinated and boosted if eligible. Vaccines are safe and effective in preventing COVID-19 cases, as well as preventing hospitalization, serious illness or death among breakthrough cases of the virus. To view the most up-to-date vaccine clinic schedule and to schedule an appointment, visit longbeach.gov/vaxLB or call 562.570.4636. All vaccines are administered free of charge and have been provided directly by the federal government. No identification is needed to make an appointment or to be seen without an appointment. Media inquiries can be directed to Jennifer Rice Epstein, Public Affairs Officer, Department of Health and Human Services at 562.441.3590 or  [email protected]. Long Beach, CA – In an effort to make COVID-19 vaccines and boosters more accessible, the vaccination site at Cabrillo High School is now offering vaccine on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for everyone ages 5 and older. The City continues to offer free COVID-19 vaccination six days a week. The COVID-19 vaccination schedule is as follows: Cabrillo High School (2001 Santa Fe Ave.) Fridays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fridays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Long Beach City College, Pacific Coast Campus (Parking Lot 1, at the corner of Orange Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway) Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Houghton Park (6301 Myrtle Ave.) Mondays through Wednesdays, 1 to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays, 1 to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. CSULB (6049 E. 7th St.) Mondays and Wednesdays in March, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays in March, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. El Dorado Park West (2800 N. Studebaker Rd.) Wednesdays, 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays, 2 to 6 p.m. The Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) also offers in-home mobile vaccinations as a service for individuals with disabilities and those with access and functional needs. This service is also available to long-term care facilities, individuals in skilled nursing, elder care, sober living, and to anyone who cannot leave their homes to travel to a City COVID-19 vaccination clinic. To learn more or request mobile vaccine services, visit longbeach.gov/covid19mobilevaccination. The Health Department continues to urge everyone to get vaccinated and boosted if eligible. Vaccines are safe and effective in preventing COVID-19 cases, as well as preventing hospitalization, serious illness or death among breakthrough cases of the virus. To view the most up-to-date vaccine clinic schedule and to schedule an appointment, visit longbeach.gov/vaxLB or call 562.570.4636. All vaccines are administered free of charge and have been provided directly by the federal government. No identification is needed to make an appointment or to be seen without an appointment. Media inquiries can be directed to Jennifer Rice Epstein, Public Affairs Officer, Department of Health and Human Services at 562.441.3590 or  [email protected]. This press release was produced by the City of Long Beach. The views expressed here are the author's own.