McDonalds, SD County Team Up for COVID-19 Vaccinations – Times of San Diego

A McDonalds restaurant. Courtesy of the company

Eight local McDonalds franchises are teaming up with San Diego County to offer free COVID-19 vaccinations at special one-day events starting Monday, officials announced Saturday.

The eight restaurants are in Chula Vista, El Cajon, Escondido, National City, Oceanside, Ramona, San Diego and Vista.

Everyone who receives a free shot will also get a coupon for one free McDonalds menu item. In addition, everyone who receives a vaccination at the McDonalds events will be automatically entered in a drawing to win a free pair of San Diego Padres tickets.

The one-day, pop-up clinics are open to the public, McDonalds employees and their family members. No appointments are necessary and walk-ups are welcome. Some of the sites are offering pre-registration.

The times, dates, locations and vaccines available at the San Diego County McDonalds pop-up vaccination clinics are:

Ramona McDonalds, 1550 Main St., Monday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Johnson & Johnson/Janssen and Pfizer for children 12 and up and second doses.

County officials gave their last regularly scheduled COVID-19 update Tuesday, with any future briefings being provided as needed. Daily news releases with COVID-19 data will be replaced by a weekly news update on Wednesdays.

Last Wednesdays data including 48 new cases increased the cumulative number of infections to 281,422. No new deaths were reported and the death toll remains at 3,770.

Hospitalizations related to the pandemic dropped by one to 74 in Wednesdays data. The number of patients in intensive care units remained 21. There are 59, staffed, available ICU beds in the county.

As of Wednesday, a total of 2,123,647 people in the county had received at least one dose of vaccine.

Fully vaccinated residents numbered 1,776,647 84.5% of a county-set goal of vaccinating 2,101,936 people 12 and older. That mark, based on 75% of Aprils population estimate for eligible age groups, is intended to reach community herd immunity.

More than 4.24 million doses have been received by the county, with more than 3.91 million administered.

A full list of available vaccination sites can be found at http://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/hhsa/programs/phs/community_epidemiology/dc/ 2019-nCoV/vaccines.html.

Of 8,721 tests reported by the county on Wednesday, 0.6% returned positive. The 14-day rolling average percentage of positive cases is 0.8%.

City News Service

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