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Yankee Stadium is expected to join Mets' Citi Field as a Covid-19 vaccine mega site

January 13, 2021. Summarized by summa-bot.

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New York's Yankee Stadium is expected to join numerous sports and entertainment venues around the nation being used as mass Covid-19 vaccination sites in a bid to boost lagging vaccine distribution efforts.

(CNN)New York's Yankee Stadium is expected to join numerous sports and entertainment venues around the nation being used as mass Covid-19 vaccination sites in a bid to boost lagging vaccine distribution efforts.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday a "plan is in motion" to use The House that Ruth Built in the Bronx as a vaccination site.

The announcement came one day after the mayor and New York Mets owner Steve Cohen said a 24-hour, vaccine mega site will be set up at Citi Field in Queens later this month.

As of Tuesday, New York City had administered 28,599 new Covid-19 vaccine doses, de Blasio said.

Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, will soon be the first mass Covid-19 vaccination site in Orange County, officials said Monday.

Mass vaccination sites have opened or will soon open in other parts of California, including at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, San Diego's Petco Park, and Sacramento's Cal Expo.

State Farm Stadium in Glendale was turned into a 24/7 vaccination site on Monday.

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