Alamodome Opens 40,000 Covid-19 Vaccine Appointments
March 8, 2021 - San Antonio
Vaccine Relief. The Alamodome will offer 40,000 first-dose Pfizer vaccine slots on Monday, March 8, through April 3. Immunization with a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine is a critical component of the strategy to reduce COVID-19-related illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths and to help restore community. Photo: Facebook.
By Valeria Torrealba, Senior Reporter | San Antonio Sentinel
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
- In addition to the opening of vaccine slots, individuals who decide to opt-in to the City of San Antonio’s text alert system can text VACCINE to 55000 or in Spanish VACUNA to 55000.
- Residents without internet access can call 311 and press option 8 for assistance with registration.
The City of San Antonio’s Alamodome announced the opening of 40,000 first dose Pfizer vaccine appointments on March 8 at 6 p.m. on the Metro Health COVID-19 vaccine registration website. Residents without internet access can call 311 and press option 8 for assistance with registration. Metro Health will have 10,000 appointments available weekly through April 3, 2021.
The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District continues to work with state and local partners to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to critical populations, within the phases designated by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).
The DSHS continues to focus on vaccinating Phase 1A and 1B populations which includes healthcare workers, EMS providers, home health workers, long-term care staff residents of long-term care facilities and people over the age of 65 or over 16 with chronic health conditions.
Recently, DSHS also announced that school and childcare personnel are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Proper ID is required for them to receive their vaccine. Below are the personnel eligible for vaccination:
Head Start and Early Head Start programs (including teachers, staff, and bus drivers)
Those who work as or for licensed childcare providers, including center-based and family care providers.
In addition to the opening of vaccine slots, individuals who decide to opt-in to the City of San Antonio’s text alert system can text VACCINE to 55000 or in Spanish VACUNA to 55000. By signing up they will receive a text notifying them of locations that have appointments available. Opting to this text alert system will not sign them up for a vaccine or add them on a wait list. This is an additional method to inform the community when new appointments are available. At this time notifications will be for the Alamodome, Wonderland of the Americas operated by University Health System, and WellMed.
Immunization with a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine is a critical component of the strategy to reduce COVID-19-related illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths and to help restore community and societal functioning. The goal is to have enough COVID-19 vaccine for all people who wish to be vaccinated. However, currently there continues to be limited supply of COVID-19 vaccine.
For more information please visit covid19.sanantonio.gov
FOUR WAYS TO SIGN UP FOR COVID-19 ALERTS
Download the Ready South Texas app, available in the iTunes and Google Play stores
Text COSAGOV to 55000 to receive SMS text message updates
Follow @COSAGOV on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
Bookmark covid19.sanantonio.gov
Text Vaccine to 55000
Public service announcements on social distancing, prevention and testing are available here.
Valeria Torrealba is an opinions columnist and public relations assistant at the University Star, a student publication of Texas State University. Email her at reporter@sasentinel.com