NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) – Governor Bill Lee announced a new website designed to help Tennesseans navigate the COVID-19 vaccination plan so they know when they are eligible to receive it.
The Eligibility Tool is an online questionnaire that tells people whether or not they are currently eligible to be vaccinated.If the resident is not currently eligible, they will be asked to provide a phone number or email address so they can notify be asked as soon as they get the vaccine.
“In addition to creating a strong distribution infrastructure, we are currently one of the top states in the country for total doses administered, vaccinating more than 150,000 Tennesseans in just two weeks,” Gov. Lee said in a release. “This tool is yet another step we are taking to provide Tennesseans with critical information as our vaccine offering expands and more stages become eligible.”
They receive updates and notifications about their vaccination phase and provide risk-based and age-based phase information at the county level.
Health officials recommend that residents call their local health department for more information on when / if they will be available for vaccination. Vaccine stages and the current estimated vaccine timeline can be found here. The eligibility tool and COVID-19 information can be found here.