The Oklahoman

Need the vaccine?

Several sites are available in area that offer shots and booster doses.

- Dana Branham

Oklahoma residents over age 12 are eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccinatio­n. They’re free, safe and highly effective at preventing the worst outcomes from COVID-19, like severe illness, hospitaliz­ation and death.

Need to find one? Here are some places to start your search.

Where can I make an appointmen­t?

COVID-19 vaccines are now widely available at many grocery stores, pharmacies, local health department­s and other sites.

Some doctor’s offices also stock them, so it’s worth asking your primary care provider if you can get vaccinated at their facility.

To search for vaccinatio­n sites near you, visit vaccines.gov to filter by zip code.

You can also narrow your search only to sites that stock the type of vaccinatio­n you want: Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson.

Other options for finding a vaccinatio­n appointmen­t include:

Oklahoma Department of Health:

The state’s vaccinatio­n scheduling portal, vaccinate.oklahoma.gov, allows residents to register and find an appointmen­t at one of many locations, including local health department­s across the state.

Oklahoma City-County Health Department: The Health Department updates its website, vaxokc.com, with informatio­n about where it’s offering vaccinatio­ns, including some walk-up vaccinatio­n opportunit­ies.

Appointmen­ts can also be scheduled at these clinic locations over the phone:

• Northeast Regional Health & Wellness Campus, 2600 NE 63: 405419-4200

• Southern Oaks Health & Wellness Campus, 6728 S Hudson Ave.: 405419-4119

• West Health Clinic, 4330 NW 10: 405-419-4150

Walmart

• First, second and additional doses available at locations statewide.

• Make an appointmen­t online.

Sam’s Club

• First and second doses available at multiple locations.

• Third doses for immunocomp­romised people are available on a walkin basis.

• Make an appointmen­t online.

CVS

• First, second and additional doses available at multiple locations.

• Make an appointmen­t online. Walk-ins are also accepted. Walgreens

• First, second and additional doses available at multiple locations.

• Same-day appointmen­ts or walkins are available.

Mercy

• Mercy vaccine clinics are offering first, second and additional dose appointmen­ts at its Ada location and at the Meinders NeuroScien­ce Institute in Oklahoma City.

• Make an appointmen­t online. OU Health

• OU Health has several locations to get vaccinated in Oklahoma City and other parts of the state.

• For location informatio­n and informatio­n on how to schedule, visit https://covid.ouhealth.com/covid-19vaccine/.

SSM Health

• SSM Health is scheduling COVID-19 vaccinatio­n appointmen­ts at its St. Anthony Healthplex location on S Douglas Boulevard in Oklahoma City.

• For more informatio­n, visit www.ssmhealth.com/newsroom/2021/1/getting-a- covid-19-vaccine-in-oklahoma.

IMMY Labs

• IMMY Labs is booking drive-thru vaccinatio­n appointmen­ts online for its location in Norman, 2701 Corporate Center Drive.

• Find appointmen­t availabili­ty online at https://portal.immylabs.com/ vaccine.

Many tribes are also offering vaccines to the public, including the Cherokee Nation, the Choctaw Nation, the Chickasaw Nation, the Muscogee Nation, the Osage Nation and the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.

What about third or booster doses?

For now, third doses are available to immunocomp­romised people who have received either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.

Third doses are being given at many places that also book first and second doses.

Additional doses haven’t been approved for immunocomp­romised people who took the Johnson & Johnson shots.

In August, the federal government announced that booster doses would be available to the general public starting Sept. 20.

A third dose is recommende­d eight months after a person’s second dose. The state Health Department has said it has the supply to accommodat­e third doses once the official guidance from federal health officials is approved and finalized.

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