COVID-19 in US: Disneyland to become mass vaccination site in Orange County, California
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, nearly 9 million people received their first shot out of the more than 22 million COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed in the US so far.
Walt Disney Co's Disneyland, which has remained closed since March, will become the first large site to provide COVID-19 vaccinations in Orange County, California, government officials announced late on Monday.
Disneyland will be the first Super Point-of-Dispensing (POD) sites in the county and become operational later this week, the district officials said in a statement cited by Reuters.
"The Disneyland Resort, the largest employer in the heart of Orange County, has stepped up to host the county's first Super POD site – undertaking a monumental task in our vaccination distribution process," said acting chairman Andrew Do, Orange County Supervisor, representing the First District.
The county will announce additional Super POD sites as agreements are finalized.
"Disneyland Resort is proud to help support Orange County and the City of Anaheim with the use of our property, and we are grateful for all of their efforts to combat COVID-19," Pamela Hymel, chief medical officer of Disney Parks, said in an emailed statement.
Citing CDC data, CNN reported that nearly 9 million people received their first shot out of the more than 22 million COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed in the US so far. For the past seven consecutive days, the country has recorded more than 200,000 new COVID-19 cases every single day, according to the Johns Hopkins University. And over the past week, the US recorded a total of more than 1.7 million COVID-19 cases and over 20,000 deaths.
