Metro Health, WellMed will reopen the vaccination record COVID-19, will receive an additional 9,000 doses each

SANTO ANTÓNIO – The San Antonio Metropolitan Sanitary District and WellMed each received an additional 9,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Metro Health, which received a shipment of Pfizer vaccine, will begin scheduling appointments on Friday for the Alamodome next week.

To avoid the overwhelming rush of residents in search of appointments that occurred with the first series of appointments at the Alamodome, the city of San Antonio will make appointments available on an ongoing basis.

Friday’s appointments will be for approximately 2,000 seats on Monday. On Saturday, the city will make 2,000 vacancies available for Tuesday and so on. The registration system will continue to reopen as commitments become available due to cancellations.

“With more frequent registration opportunities, we hope to spread the demand and give eligible residents more chances to make an appointment for the vaccine,” said city assistant manager Dr. Colleen Bridger. “The vaccine is still scarce, please be patient. We expect the supply of vaccines to improve in the coming weeks. “

Appointments to the Alamodome can be made by visiting covid19.sanantonio.gov/vaccine. Residents with Internet access must use the website to register.

People without Internet access should call 311 and select option 8 to make an appointment. If you receive a busy signal, it means that all operators are answering other calls and callers must try again.

WellMed received 9,000 doses of the Modern vaccine for distribution next week. Additional doses were made available by the Texas Department of Health Services.

From Saturday, January 16, those who qualify for the vaccine can call the toll-free number 833-968-1745, to make an appointment from 8 am to 8 pm daily, until all appointments are completed.

You should schedule an appointment to get the vaccine, as walk-ins will not be accepted.

When you call, you may have trouble answering, as phone lines are flooded with people trying to make an appointment.

According to WellMed, since 9 January the hotline has received more than 7.9 million calls.

Callers are encouraged to keep calling and if the phone lines are overloaded, you will hear one of two messages:

• Um, a cell phone: “The line you’re trying to reach is out of service.”

• On a fixed line: “All circuits are busy. Try calling later. “

In addition, WellMed states that if you are interrupted after switching to the recorded greeting, it means that all operators are on calls.

Those who are now eligible to receive the vaccine are health professionals, anyone aged 65 and over and adults aged 18 and over with chronic health conditions.

The clinics that administer the vaccines are the Elvira Cisneros Community Activity Center for the Elderly at 517 SW Military Drive and the Alicia Trevino Lopez Unique Center for the Elderly at 8353 Culebra Road.

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