Some of the first caregivers to receive the COVID-19 vaccination in southern Utah display their dressings at the Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, Utah, on December 16, 2020. Delivery of the vaccine is the culmination of a year filled with anxiety about a disease that affected Southern Utahns and global citizens. | Photo courtesy Intermountain Healthcare, St. George News
ST. GEORGE – St. George’s Regional Hospital will host a vaccine clinic on Tuesday from 10 am to 8:15 pm and on Wednesday from noon to 6 pm, according to a press release released by the hospital on Monday.
At the clinic, COVID-19 vaccines will be offered free of charge to those who schedule appointments and who are eligible as listed here:
- Intermountain caregivers, volunteers and affiliated providers
- Local first responders
- School district teachers and substitute teachers
- People aged 70 and over
St. George Regional Hospital spokeswoman Terri Draper said there were more doses than expected.
“We want to make use of all the doses we have. We didn’t waste any doses, ”she said. “Being able to add these doses for 70 years or more is very good.”
Those who are eligible must apply on here to schedule an appointment. Second doses will be automatically reserved for each individual who receives the first dose and more information is provided on the scheduling website.
If appointment times are filled, names can be added to a waiting list by sending an email with an interest in participating, with name and phone number here. Apply for inclusion on the waiting list only if you can arrive 30 minutes after notification that the vaccination schedule is available.
Vaccination will be carried out in the BLU-MED tents east of the hospital’s emergency department. Those with a vaccination appointment must park in the parking lot east of St. George’s Intermountain Cancer Center (Building 7) and walk west across the bridge to the BLU-MED tent (see attached map).
Those who show symptoms of COVID-19 or any other disease, awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test or in a mandatory quarantine period for COVID-19 are not eligible to be vaccinated.
The state of Utah also recommends that people who test positive for COVID-19 wait 90 days after the positive test to be vaccinated. Access CDC product and safety information about Pfizer / BioNTech and Moderna vaccines learn more.
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