It is set up at the Community Academy of Philadelphia Charter School in the Juniata section of the city.
Mayor Jim Kenney joined health commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley, along with other leaders, to visit the site before it opened Thursday morning.
“The people invited here today are the people who went to the government website and signed up for our database of vaccine interests,” Farley said.
The plan is to vaccinate up to 400 people every day the clinics are operating, city officials said.
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The clinic at the Martin Luther King Jr. Older Adult Center opened Tuesday as the first center under this new effort to make vaccines more available.
A mix of people living in the area and others from all over the city were given the vaccine.
“Until now, I would say we haven’t vaccinated enough people to change the course of the epidemic. But that will happen soon,” Farley said.
These locations are open to Philadelphia residents who had appointments and fall within Phase 1B.
When it comes to getting appointments at these locations, city officials say you should first fill out the vaccine interest form on the Philadelphia Health Department website or call 311.
For some, that meant they were given an extra hand to help with the online process.
“We’re not really good at the computer, so I had to ask my daughter to help us,” said Rita Flynn of Northeast Philadelphia. She and her husband, Joe, have been married for 47 years and both got their first shots on Thursday.
Then, when it is your turn to receive the vaccine, you will be notified by email or phone to make an appointment.
A new community vaccination site will open in West Philadelphia at the University of the Sciences on Saturday.
Message from the City of Philadelphia:
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health provides the COVID-19 vaccine to all residents of Philadelphia. Unfortunately, there is currently not enough vaccine in town for everyone who wants it. So the health department needs to make sure that people most at risk for COVID get access to it first. Filling out this form will let the health department know that you are interested in receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and ensure that people at the highest risk can get it first. If you are unable to fill out this form, please call the health department at (215) 685-5488 or send an email to [email protected].
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