SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, Calif. — Due in part to word of mouth, nearly 2,500 vaccine doses were given out over the weekend at a clinic in Stockton.
According to Shellie Lima, director of San Joaquin County Emergency Services, the clinic was originally set up for in-home support service healthcare providers.
On Saturday, the COVID-19 vaccination clinic gave out 924 doses, but by Sunday, Lima said the word about the clinic had gotten out and other people started showing up for it.
As a result, Lima said the county decided to open up the clinic for people 65 and older. Sunday saw more than 1,600 doses given out.
The event was described as a test run to see how vaccine administration would go. Lima said this clinic will be a blueprint for other mass clinic moving forward in the county.
No other clinics like this one are scheduled for now.
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