State sets clinics for 3rd covid shots

The state Department of Health announced a set of clinics that have been set up to give people booster shots.

People who had the Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine and meet certain criteria should get a booster shot six months after their second dose, the Health Department said. The criteria is people ages 65 years and older; ages 50 to 64 with certain underlying medical conditions; and ages 18 years and older and are residents in long-term care settings, according to the Health Department.

The agency also said that people who had the Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine and meet certain criteria may get a booster shot six months after their second dose: The criteria: those who are ages 18 to 49 with certain underlying medical conditions and those who are ages 18 to 64 at increased risk for covid-19 exposure and transmission because of an occupational or institutional setting.

Pop-up booster clinics are scheduled for:

■ Tuesday: Medicine Man Pharmacy, 3201 Springhill Drive, Suite 110, North Little Rock, 9 a.m.-noon.

■ Friday: Doctor’s Orders Pharmacy, 2302 W. 28th Ave, Pine Bluff, 8:30 a.m.

■ Monday: Kavanaugh Pharmacy, 5705 Kavanaugh Boulevard, Little Rock, 3 p.m.-6 p.m.

■ Oct. 6: D&D Pharmacy, 8908 Kanis Road, Little Rock, 9 a.m.-noon.

■ Oct. 8: Cornerstone Pharmacy, 4307 East Broadway, North Little Rock, 9 a.m.noon.

■ Oct. 15: Community Pharmacy of Springdale, 206 W. Johnson Ave., Springdale, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

■ Oct. 19: Doctor’s Orders Pharmacy, 2302 W. 28th Ave, Pine Bluff, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

■ Oct. 29, 2021: Cornerstone Pharmacy, 4307 E Broadway, North Little Rock, 1-4 p.m. Appointments are available by calling (501) 246-0127.