Mass Vaccination Clinic Opens In North Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — The city of Philadelphia has opened its first public mass coronavirus vaccination clinic in an effort to provide more vaccines to underserved neighborhoods.

The Philadelphia Department of Public Health and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation announced Tuesday the Health Department’s first standing mass vaccine clinics at the Martin Luther King Jr Older Adult Center.

Appointments are needed to be vaccinated.

Health officials committed to opening three clinics that can vaccinate up to 500 people each per day.

These clinics will each ultimately run twice per week — once for first dose, once for second dose— resulting in up to 3,000 vaccinations administered per week.

This particular clinic will be held on Tuesdays until further notice. A second clinic will be added at this site when those vaccinated today need their second doses.

The Martin Luther King Jr Older Adult Center is located at 2101 Cecil B. Moore Ave., #35.