The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority on Monday opened a new vaccination site at the Santa Teresa light rail station in South San Jose. The new location comes shortly after Santa Clara County health officials raised concerns over the region’s decrease in vaccine demand and the need to vaccinate younger residents.
“There’s plenty of supply, and anything we can do to help to make it easier for people who want to get vaccinated, we’re trying to do,” said Stacey Hendler Ross, a VTA spokesperson.
The new site has drive-thru and walk-up services where appointments are preferred, but not required. It is capable of administering around 900 to 1,000 vaccines a day, Hendler Ross said.
Bay Area Community Health, which is staffing the site (make an appointment here), had been operating out of a small clinic on Monterey Highway.
“They were being overwhelmed with people who wanted to get the vaccine, and they just did not have the capacity to treat everyone,” Hendler Ross said.