County To Close Rohnert Park, Roseland COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics

ROHNERT PARK, CA — The COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Rohnert Park Community Center will close at the end of February, a few days after the Roseland Community Clinic in Santa Rosa closes, county officials said Friday.

The Roseland clinic will close Feb. 25 and the Rohnert Park clinic will close Feb. 28, the day Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to lift California’s COVID-19 state of emergency.

The two clinics, which the county has supported since the COVID-19 vaccine became available to the public in December 2020, have been integral in the constellation of vaccine clinics that have delivered more than 1.2 million doses to Sonoma County residents, the county said in a news release.

Since Jan. 27, 2021, vaccine provider Optum Serve has delivered more than 23,400 doses of vaccine at the Rohnert Park Community Center at 5401 Snyder Lane.

Meanwhile, county contractor Fox Home Health has provided more than 45,000 doses at the Roseland Community Clinic at 779 Sebastopol Road in Santa Rosa as well as through a program to vaccinate homebound seniors.

“These two clinics have really been the workhorses of our vaccination campaign since the early days of the pandemic,” said Dr. Sundari Mase, Sonoma County’s Health Officer. “We are deeply grateful to all of those who have worked at these clinics, which have played such a central role in our success in getting 80 percent of our eligible population vaccinated.”

After the end of the month, vaccines will still be available to the public through primary health care providers, federally qualified health clinics and most pharmacies. Patients insured through Medi-Cal will have to re-enroll after March 31 as the pandemic-era law allowing Californians to automatically renew Medi-Cal insurance will expire.

Sonoma County has fully vaccinated nearly 80 percent of all residents 6 months and older. In addition, more than 30 percent of eligible residents have had the latest round of booster shots compared with the state rate of 24 percent.

The Roseland and Rohnert Park clinics were established to ensure the vaccine was distributed equitably and helped contribute to the high vaccine rate among minority communities, the county said. In Sonoma County, 70 percent of Latinx residents, 75 percent of Asian residents and 79 percent of Black residents have had at least one vaccine dose.

Optum Serve last week announced plans to deactivate its two Sonoma County testing buses on Sunday, Feb. 5 as part of a statewide demobilization effort. According to the California Department of Public Health, 44 Optum Serve testing sites across the state were shuttered in mid-January while 48 mobile units, including the two in Sonoma County, will be closing by early February.

A list of all clinics providing COVID-19 vaccinations is posted at SoCoEmergency.org. Information on renewing Medi-Cal insurance is online at Sonoma County Human Services Department.