When and where Texans can get the COVID-19 vaccine

Short supplies and erratic delivery are causing long waits for inoculations. Here’s what you need to know:

Who can get it now?

Two groups are eligible. Group 1A: Health care workers in hospital settings working directly with COVID-19 or highrisk patients, long-term-care staff and residents, EMS providers, home health care workers.

Group 1B: A far larger group — anyone 65 or older, pregnant women and anyone 16 or older with a pre-existing condition.

If I qualify, where can I get it?

People in group 1B can make an appointment with a pharmacy, hospital, clinic or other provider, but will face delays. Providers are listed on a map on the Department of State Health Services vaccine information page at bit.ly/ 2Jvpru3. Click on “Vaccine Provider Locations” in the “More Information” box on the right-hand side. Call ahead to verify provider has a supply.

VIA Metropolitan Transit offers free rides to or from an appointment at a city- or countysponsored COVID-19 vaccination site.

Here’s where some major providers stand now:

City: The Alamodome is a mass vaccination site. Appointments are required and can be made online at covid19.sanan tonio.gov/vaccine or by calling 311 and choosing option 8. Those who received the first dose before noon Jan. 13 will get a call from Metro Health to schedule the second. If you miss the call, contact 311 and select option 8 or email COVID-19@sananto nio.gov at least two days before second dose is due. More information is at bit.ly/35E0u7y.

University Health System: Appointments available for several weeks; those who register will be notified if doses are available for their appointment. Updates will be on its Go Mobile app and its newsletter, available at HealthFocusSA.net. Go to wecandoitsa .com or call 210644-1960 for information.

WellMed: Appointments are required. Call 833-968-1745 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. The shots will be given at Elvira Cisneros Senior Community Activity Center, 517 S.W. Military

Drive, and Alicia Treviño López Senior One-Stop Center, 8353 Culebra Road.

Christus Santa Rosa Health System: Has an appointment system. Visit vaccinate.chris tushealth.org and use the online chat function to be screened for eligibility. If the chat function does not appear, then no appointments are available.

Methodist Healthcare: Vaccinating its employees and providers; also offering the vaccine to health care workers and vaccinating its transplant patients.

For more information, call 210575-0580 or visit exne.ws/ sahealth.

San Antonio Military Medical System: Brooke Army Medical Center is expanding vaccinations to eligible 1B military personnel, and Wilford Hall will start vaccinating civilian TRICARE beneficiaries 75 and older on Feb. 3. Updates at bamc.tri care.mil and through social media.

UT Health San Antonio: Vaccinating UT Health patients only. Patients will be notified by phone or through MyChart, an online medical portal that’s available as an app or at bit.ly/2N0UWgV.

H-E-B: Currently out of the vaccine. Check on supply status and register at at vaccine.heb.com. Appointments required. Customers due for a second dose will be contacted directly.

CVS: The vaccine is not yet available at any Texas location. When available, appointments will be at cvs.com.

Walgreens: Giving doses to residents and staff of long-termcare facilities. Check exne.ws/ wal for updates.

Comal County: The county’s vaccine standby list is full.

Check co.comal. tx.us and social media accounts for updates.