The City of Long Beach is offering 11 new mobile vaccine clinics throughout July in an effort to increase vaccine accessibility for the public. Many of the City’s regular vaccination sites will remain in place.
The Long Beach Convention Center will offer walk-up COVID-19 vaccines throughout July but will halt its drive-thru vaccination service on July 17.
“We are continuing to see our vaccination numbers grow,” Mayor Robert Garcia said in a statement. “These expanded clinic options will help make vaccines more accessible to everyone.”
The move comes just three days after the first instance of the highly transmissible Delta variant was identified in Long Beach.
The Delta variant is expected to become the dominant variant in the United States within weeks, the Long Beach Health Department said.
Stationary clinics with continual operation in Long Beach
- Seaside Park (1401 Chestnut Ave.), Mondays beginning July 12, 10 a.m. to noon.
- MacArthur Park (1321 E. Anaheim St.), Tuesdays, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Fridays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Admiral Kidd Park (2125 Santa Fe Ave.), Mondays, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Houghton Park (6301 Myrtle Ave.), Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Wednesdays, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Cabrillo High School (2001 Santa Fe Ave.) will continue to serve the public on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Additionally, a new clinic at the Long Beach Community College Pacific Coast College (PCC) has been set up. The new clinic is located in Parking Lot 1, at the intersection of Orange Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway. The site will operate five days a week, with updated daytime and continued evening hours from Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
New mobile vaccine clinics offered through July
- Granada Beach (5000 E. Ocean Blvd.), Tuesdays, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and Fridays, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Second Street (5200 2nd St.), Wednesdays, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- McDonald’s (2599 Long Beach Blvd.), Tuesday, July 6, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Junipero Beach (1 Junipero Ave.), Saturdays, July 10 and July 31, 9:30 a.m. to noon.
- Heartwell Park (5801 E. Parkcrest St.), Wednesdays, July 7 and July 28, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Thursday, July 15, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
- St. Lucy’s Catholic Church (2301 Santa Fe Ave.), Sunday, July 11, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
- El Dorado Park (7550 E. Spring St.), Wednesday, July 14, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Recreation Park (4900 E. 7th St.), Saturday, July 17, 9:30 a.m. to noon.
- Colorado Lagoon (5200 E. Eliot St.), Wednesday, July 21, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Thursdays, July 8 and July 29, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
- Belmont Pool (4320 E. Olympic Plaza), Saturday, July 24, 9:30 a.m. to noon.
The vaccination sites at Grant Elementary School and Washington Middle School are no longer in operation.
For more information about where and when they can receive a COVID-19 vaccine, Long Beach residents can visit longbeach.gov/vaxlb. Appointments are not necessary but can be made online at MyTurn.ca.gov or by calling the California COVID-19 Hotline at (833) 422-4255.
The City has distributed 353,000 vaccines so far.
No personal identification is needed to receive a vaccine. All COVID-19 vaccines are free and have been provided by the federal government.
