Big Spring Herald

Scenic Mountain Medical Center Community Vaccine Clinic Dates

1,800 Pfizer vaccines available for the upcoming clinic

- Special to the Herald SMMC

Scenic Mountain Medical Center is pleased to announce that we have first dose vaccines in stock.

“We will hold drive-thru community vaccine clinics on Wednesday, March 3 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and again on Thursday, March 4 from 9 a.m. until Noon at Scenic Mountain Medical Center - Whatley Plaza (North Driveway Entrance on Martin Luther King Blvd) located at 1601 W. 11th Place in Big Spring,” Madison Tate, Director, Marketing and Community Relations, said in a press release.

Originally the release announced there would be 1,000 first dose Pfizer vaccines planned for Wednesday and

SMMC will be hosting a community vaccine clinic Wednesday and Thursday. The vaccines will be first come, first serve. There will be 1,800 Pfizer first dose vaccines available.

400 Moderna first dose vaccines were planned for Thursday. In the early afternoon on Monday, Scenic Mountain

Medical Center issued an update and announced that due to an additional allocation of the Pfizer vaccines, there would now be 1,800 first doses available. The additional allocation came from Medical Center Health System.

Vaccines will be offered on a walk-in basis only while supplies last. Please check the status of vaccine availabili­ty by visiting www.scenicmoun­tainmedica­l.org/vaccine

According to the SMMC informatio­n website, those classified under Phase 1A include: Frontline healthcare workers and residents at long-term care facilities; Those included in Phase 1B: People 65+ or people 16+ (18+ for Moderna) with a health condition that increases risk of severe COVID-19 illness,

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