Appointments for the Broward COVID-19 vaccine are now made through a new phone number

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida. – After struggling with an online system, the Florida Department of Health in Broward County is now getting people qualified for COVID-19 injections to register by phone through the state’s appointment scheduling system.

Seniors aged 65 and over and frontline health professionals can call 866-201-6313 to request an appointment, with immediate effect, the authorities announced Thursday morning.

For those who need TTY access, the number is 833-476-1526.

“When people call the appointment number, they are asked by an automated system to enter information using the telephone keypad. Live agents call people to make appointments until all current appointments are completed, ”the health department said in a press release.

“People who receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at DOH-Broward centers through this new consultation system, will be asked to schedule their second dose through this new system.”

Those who received the first dose on a DOH-Broward website without making an appointment through the new system do not need to make an appointment for the second dose, officials say.

“They must return to the same place on the date written on their vaccination card at the same time they arrived for the first dose,” said the health department. “In addition to these individuals receiving their second dose, no one will be seen without an appointment.”

The naming system on the previous site had continued problems with the dropping of the registration portal, and many seniors expressed that they would feel more comfortable signing up by phone.

The DOH-Broward vaccination sites, which are all by appointment only, are located at:

> Tradewinds Park, 3600 West Sample Road, Coconut Creek

> View Park view, Southwest 142nd Avenue, Davie

> Markham Park, 160001 West State Road 84, Sunrise

> Holiday park, 1150 G. Harold Martin Drive, Fort Lauderdale

> Central Broward Regional Park, 3700 NW 11th place, Lauderhill

Overflow commitments are also being made in Coral Square Mall9469 W. Atlantic Blvd., Coral Springs

Dr. Paula Thaqi, Director of DOH-Broward, said that of the 100,090 doses of the vaccine already provided in the county, 53,295 of the vaccines were delivered at the DOH-Broward sites.

Hospitals, senior communities and other entities are also providing vaccines to eligible patients through separate systems.

For information, visit http://broward.floridahealth.gov