Dodger Stadium will stop testing for COVID-19 and move to the vaccination site

LOS ANGELES (KABC) – Dodger Stadium, the country’s largest COVID-19 test site, will stop testing the virus and move to a mass vaccination site, the city announced Sunday.

Test operations at the stadium will end Monday, the city said. The site will become vaccinated over the weekend, reaching the 12,000 vaccines planned per day once it is fully operational.

“Since the onset of this pandemic, Dodger Stadium has been the basis of our testing infrastructure, a vital part of our effort to track the spread of COVID-19, try to get ahead of outbreaks and save lives.” , said Mayor Eric Garcetti. . “Vaccines are the safest way to defeat this virus and chart a path to recovery, so the city, county and our entire team are putting our best resources on the ground to vaccinate Angelenos as quickly as possible. , possible safety and efficiency “.

City officials acknowledged that the closure of the site will reduce the overall testing capacity available in the region, but will triple the distribution of vaccines. They noted that the city continues to operate eight permanent and six mobile sites, and that testing will be expanded at some of these existing sites.

The city opened Dodger Stadium to test COVID-19 in May 2020 and since then more than a million tests have been administered.