Disney says more than 100,000 COVID vaccine doses have been administered at Disneyland since the closed theme park was turned into a mass vaccination site

Business Insider logo

  • More than 100,000 vaccine doses have been administered at Disneyland since last month.
  • Disneyland is one of several “super” vaccination sites in Orange County, California.
  • The theme park has been shut down since last March. 
  • Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories.

More than 100,000 vaccine doses have been administered at Disneyland, Disney CEO Bob Chapek announced during the company’s fiscal first-quarter earnings call on Thursday. 

Disney announced last month that it would turn part of its Disneyland resort in Southern California into a mass-vaccination site, the first of five “Super” points of dispensing being set up in Orange County, where Disneyland is located. 

Essential workers and people over 70 years old were among the first group offered vaccines at the theme park. On the night before the site began operating, 10,000 people signed up to receive vaccines, causing the county’s website to crash, according to CBS Los Angeles. 

Video: CSU Researchers Need Dogs In Cancer Vaccine Study (CBS Denver)

  • COVID-19 Forces Delay Of Five Points Jazz Festival

    COVID-19 Forces Delay Of Five Points Jazz Festival

    CBS Denver Logo

    CBS Denver

  • a sign on the side of a building

    COVID In Colorado: King Soopers Receives Additional Vaccine Supply, Expands Program

    CBS Denver Logo

    CBS Denver

  • a close up of a dinosaur

    'Tiny' The Thornton Dinosaur Makes Its Public Debut Alongside 'Sue The T. Rex" At Denver Museum Of Nature And Science

    CBS Denver Logo

    CBS Denver

  • a statue of a person

    Happy 13th Birthday, 'Blucifer'!

    CBS Denver Logo

    CBS Denver

  • The Federal Government Will Send Vaccines Directly To Wal-Mart

    The Federal Government Will Send Vaccines Directly To Wal-Mart

    CBS Denver Logo

    CBS Denver

  • Suncor Says Flames May Be Seen This Weekend At Their Refinery

    Suncor Says Flames May Be Seen This Weekend At Their Refinery

    CBS Denver Logo

    CBS Denver

  • a view of a kitchen

    'Remarkable' Winter Park Balcony House Placed On This Year's Colorado Endangered Places List

    CBS Denver Logo

    CBS Denver

  • Wildfire At Cherry Creek State Park Was Human Caused

    Wildfire At Cherry Creek State Park Was Human Caused

    CBS Denver Logo

    CBS Denver

  • Train And Semi Truck Collide In Ault, Crude Oil Spills

    Train And Semi Truck Collide In Ault, Crude Oil Spills

    CBS Denver Logo

    CBS Denver

  • There Is A $2,000 Reward For Information Leading To Robbery Suspects

    There Is A $2,000 Reward For Information Leading To Robbery Suspects

    CBS Denver Logo

    CBS Denver

  • Investigators Still Have Not Determined What Started The Calwood Fire

    Investigators Still Have Not Determined What Started The Calwood Fire

    CBS Denver Logo

    CBS Denver

  • Denver Reminds People To Bring Animals Inside As Temperatures Plummet

    Denver Reminds People To Bring Animals Inside As Temperatures Plummet

    CBS Denver Logo

    CBS Denver

  • Firefighters Rescue Dog After Early Morning Boulder House Fire

    Firefighters Rescue Dog After Early Morning Boulder House Fire

    CBS Denver Logo

    CBS Denver

  • a snow covered mountain

    AAA Survey: More People Becoming Comfortable With Taking Road Trips

    CBS Denver Logo

    CBS Denver

  • a person preparing food in a kitchen

    Project Addresses Food Insecurity In Loveland

    CBS Denver Logo

    CBS Denver

  • a person riding skis down a snow covered slope

    Woman Rescued After Fall In Rocky Mountain National Park

    CBS Denver Logo

    CBS Denver

  • COVID-19 Forces Delay Of Five Points Jazz Festival
    COVID-19 Forces Delay Of Five Points Jazz Festival
    The 2021 Five Points Jazz Festival is being delayed, due to "a combination of health concerns and economic uncertainty."

    CBS Denver Logo
    CBS Denver

  • a sign on the side of a building
    COVID In Colorado: King Soopers Receives Additional Vaccine Supply, Expands Program
    King Soopers and City Market locations in Colorado are getting more coronavirus vaccines thanks to a federal partnership.

    CBS Denver Logo
    CBS Denver

  • a close up of a dinosaur
    'Tiny' The Thornton Dinosaur Makes Its Public Debut Alongside 'Sue The T. Rex" At Denver Museum Of Nature And Science
    A dinosaur we know very well here at CBS4 has a high-profile role in the traveling exhibit, "Sue the T. rex" at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. It's a traveling cast of the largest known tyrannosaurus rex which resides at the Field Museum in Chicago.

    CBS Denver Logo
    CBS Denver

UP NEXT

Local firefighters and paramedics vaccinated 3,000 people on the first day of operation, CBS reported. Orange County has said it plans to complete all vaccinations in the county by July 4, 2021. 

Loading...

Load Error

Read more: Disney has lost at least 40 top execs since Bob Chapek became CEO. Insiders describe how he has remade the company’s power structure.

Southern California has been hit hard by the pandemic. Insider’s Aria Bendix reported that Los Angeles has recorded more cases and deaths than any other county in the US, the majority of which occurred during the last two months. Epidemiologists blamed the surge on a range of factors, including overcrowded multi-generational homes, a new local variant of the virus, and increasing pandemic fatigue in the region.

Orange County has tallied about 241,000 cases since the onset of the virus and 3,493 deaths, according to the Orange County Register.

Disneyland has been shut down since mid-March, although Walt Disney World, in Florida, is currently operating. The park’s closure, along with the suspension of Disney’s cruise business and closures of other parks worldwide, has had a serious impact on Disney’s business: The company said during its earnings call Thursday that operating income from its parks experiences and product business declined “significantly” versus the year prior for a loss of $119 million. 

Source: Read Full Article