A COVID-19 vaccination is administered at the Grossmont Center Vaccination super station. Photo: County of San Diego

SAN DIEGO–New COVID-19 vaccinations sites are opening in Lemon Grove and Otay Mesa, the County Health and Human Services Agency said Monday.

On Feb. 23, the Otay Mesa site will begin administering doses from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  and will be open Sunday through Thursday at the Border View Family YMCA, 3601 Arey Dr. The clinic will start with a capacity to administer up to 500 doses daily but can expand to give 1,000 shots each day.

Set to open Sunday, Feb. 28, the East County site will offer vaccines from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sundays and Mondays at the Lemon Grove Community Center 3146 School Lane. When fully operational, the Lemon Grove clinic will be able to administer 500 doses each day.

Currently, the Otay Mesa clinic is the only county-operated site administering the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine. All other points of dispensing and vaccination super stations are administering only second doses.

More information about the COVID-19 vaccine is available at www.vaccinationsuperstationsd.com.