Where to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Central Florida

COVID-19 vaccines are underway across the region, although Florida is still in the initial phase of vaccination, targeting high-risk hospital workers, nursing home residents and staff, EMTs and paramedics and adults older than 65.

Central Florida counties are distributing the vaccines as they receive them, and availability changes quickly depending on supply. Please check the sites below and look for the latest at OrlandoSentinel.com/coronavirus for last-minute updates.

Note: All county vaccination sites are scheduled to close Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day federal holiday. Other sites remain open as noted.

The list below involves public events and not, for example, closed programs like the ones at some schools and colleges.

For the latest statewide COVID-19 vaccine developments, see floridahealthcovid19.gov/covid-19vaccines-in-florida.

Caution: Beware of scams. Do not fill out Eventbrite vaccine registration forms unless they are provided through a county’s website or the links in this list.

Brevard

Who: 65 + and healthcare workers who provide direct patient care and are not part of a hospital system. (All appointments have been filled.)

Location: For those with appointments through Jan. 29: Viera Clinic, 2555 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Viera.

Information: On web, brevard.floridahealth. gov. To get text alerts from Brevard County Emergency Management when additional appointments are available, text BrevardEOC to 888777.

Walk-ins? No

Lake

Who: 65+ and front-line health workers. Locations:

St. Patrick Catholic Church, 6803 Old Highway 441 S. in Mount Dora. The drive-through site will be open next Tuesday (Jan. 21) through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., based on vaccine availability, on a first-come, first-served basis. Cars will not be able to line up until 11 a.m.

The first drive-through site — at the Clermont Arts & Recreation Center, 3700 S. U.S. Highway 27 in Clermont, has closed. A new site in Groveland is planned.

Lake County added an option to schedule an appointment for the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday — and quickly filled all available slots through Saturday shortly after the portal opened. The county expects to have more vaccination appointments next week at scheduling.lakecountyfl.gov at Lake Sumter College on U.S. Highway 441 in Leesburg.

Information: Call 352-742-4830, text COVIDUPDATE to 888777 or visit lakecountyfl.gov/ COVID-19 or follow the state Department of Health for Lake on Twitter at @ FLHealthLake.

Appointments required? Yes under new system for Leesburg, but no for vaccinations Mount Dora, which are given on a first-come, first-served basis. Lines will close if they begin to block traffic but will reopen when those already waiting have been served, provided vaccine is still available. Frontline workers with direct patient contact will need to present a copy of their medical license, employee badge or current pay stub. Face masks must be worn while waiting in vehicles.

Orange

Who: 65+ Location: Orange County Convention Center

Information: Late Friday, the Florida Department of Health in Orange County began accepting COVID-19 vaccination appointments via the CDR HealthPRO, adding openings for what officials said would be a “limited” number of days.

Residents can make an appointment by visiting CDR HealthPRO at patientportalfl.com/s/. Residents must create an account and then schedule an appointment for the Orange County Convention Center site. Make sure to complete the scheduling process in order to get a QR code.

If you need to cancel your vaccination appointment, login into your account, click on “My Vaccinations” and cancel from that screen. For questions, call 1-844770-8548 or email Covid19support@cdrmaguire. com.

Visit OCFL.net/vaccines for further updates. You also can download the OCFL Alert app, or text OCFLCOVID to 888777 to receive updates on your cell phone. Need valid photo ID.

Appointments required? Yes

Walk-ins? No

Osceola

Who: 65+ Information: Registration for COVID-19 vaccination is temporarily closed. Registration will re-open when additional vaccine becomes available.

Appointments required? Yes

Walk-ins? No

Polk

Who: 65+ Information: — The Florida Department of Health Polk County’s COVID-19 vaccine hotline at (863) 298-7500 will be open for the foreseeable future from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for this Monday (Jan. 18) when the line will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Employees staffing the hotline will continue to register residents 65 years of age and older for a future vaccine appointment, as additional vaccine becomes available.

Seminole

Who: 65+ and non-hospital health-care workers (All appointments have been filled.)

Location: Oviedo Mall Information: Visit PrepareSeminole.org. To register, visit https://bit. ly/38g50uX. To get alerts, text COVID19INFO to 888-777. You can also call 407-665-0000. This video shows how to sign up for text messages: www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Lrs_cVFvqlE

Appointments required? Yes

Walk-ins? No

Volusia

Who: 65+ Information: Registration for COVID-19 vaccination is temporarily closed. Registration will re-open when additional vaccine becomes available.

AdventHealth

Who: (All appointments have been booked for firstround shots, but those due for a second shot will be vaccinated as scheduled.)

Community health-care providers

Employees’ families who are 65 years and older

Patients of AdventHealth Medical Group who are 65 years and older

Information: To receive alerts about vaccine availability, visit www.CoronavirusVaccineAlerts.com.

Walk-ins? No

Orlando Health

Who: Orlando Health patients, 65 and older; all front-line healthcare professionals not affiliated with Orlando Health (including dental staffs and EMS); residents and staff at nursing homes and assisted living facilities who have been unable to get vaccinated; Orlando Health team members’ and medical staff ’s family members and loved ones who are age 65 or older; Orlando Health team members and medical staff members who have not yet received the first dose of the vaccine.

Information: As of Jan. 12, all available vaccination appointments were taken, but the hospital said it would announce additional appointments as soon as more vaccine doses becomes available. Check orlandohealth.com/Covid19/vaccine for updates. On Jan. 11, Orlando Health began moving its vaccination sites out of its hospitals to community sites in Lake Mary, Windermere, Winter Garden, St. Cloud, downtown Orlando and Leesburg.

Appointments required? Yes

Walk-ins? No

Orlando VA

Who: Veterans aged 75 years and older

Location: The Orlando VA is holding COVID19 vaccination clinics on Saturday and Monday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Orlando VA Medical Center, 13800 Veterans Way, Orlando.

Information: Veterans must receive care in VA and there is no cost to get the vaccine. Veterans will receive the Pfizer vaccine. Vaccines will be available for walk-ins or by appointment, as supply allows. Appointments are not required. To schedule an appointment call 407-6310499, from Monday to Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. or leave a voicemail during non-business hours and your call will be returned). Visit www. orlando.va.gov/services/ covid-19-vaccines.asp for information and updates.

Publix pharmacies

Only available at select Publix locations in Bay, Citrus, Collier, Escambia, Flagler, Hernando, Marion, Okaloosa, St. Johns, Volusia, Santa Rosa and Walton counties. For information, visit www.publix.com/ covid-vaccine.

This list is updated online regularly as information becomes available.