When and where can I get a COVID-19 vaccine in Texas?

When and where can I get a COVID-19 vaccine in Texas?

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For the past two weeks, frontline healthcare professionals in Texas have been receiving the COVID-19 vaccines that are available as part of the state’s Phase 1A distribution.

Starting this week, pharmacies will have a leading role in delivering the vaccine to residents and employees of long-term care facilities. This is also part of plan 1A.

Then comes Phase 1B, which will include people aged 65 and over and people aged 16 and over with serious health problems.

The State Department of Health Services has indicated that limited vaccine supplies may be available to Phase 1B recipients, but a representative said on Monday that Texas will likely be in Phase 1A for several weeks and the vaccine’s priority will be given to people who qualify for that group.

An official announcement of the start of 1B will come later.

Doctors observe a CT scan of the lung at a hospital in Xiaogan, China.

Who is included in Phase 1B?

According to the department, Phase 1B includes people aged 65 and over and people aged 16 and over who have at least one chronic medical condition, including:

  • Cancer
  • Chronic kidney disease
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • Heart problems, such as heart failure, coronary heart disease, arterial disease or cardiomyopathies
  • Solid organ transplant
  • Obesity and severe obesity
  • Pregnancy
  • Sickle cell anemia
  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus

When can I get the vaccine?

Pharmacies and other major suppliers were asked on Thursday to contact smaller health offices to help vaccinate Phase 1A workers.

After all people qualified for Phase 1A who want vaccines have been served, providers can begin to distribute to the Phase 1B population. But that offer is limited, officials said.

According to the State Department of Health website, Phase 1B beneficiaries can start receiving vaccines as early as Monday and January, as long as supplies are available and the provider is available.

Vice President and Director of Pharmacy Jon Albrecht receives a shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Methodist Dallas Medical Center on Monday.

Where can I get a vaccine?

The department has a vaccine supplier map that lists the suppliers who received the vaccine.

The map shows where the vaccines were sent to, but does not indicate whether providers have vaccines available to the Phase 1B population, said a department representative. Providers may already have used all of their vaccines.

People will need to contact providers to make appointments to be vaccinated, but as the state remains in Phase 1A, the priority will be on health professionals and residents of long-term care facilities.

In addition, not all providers are vaccinating the public or people in priority groups, the department said.

Here is a list of some community clinics, doctors’ offices, hospitals and pharmacies that received the vaccine, according to the state:

  • Baylor Scott & White Pharmacy No. 101: 3600 Gaston Ave.
  • Baylor University Medical Center Dallas: 3500 Gaston Ave.
  • Dallas Children’s Medical Center: 1935 Medical District Drive.
  • White Rock Municipal Hospital: 9440 Poppy Drive.
  • Dallas Medical Center: 7 Medical Pkwy.
  • Dougherty Pharmacy: 5959 Royal Lane, Suite 515
  • Hampton Apothecary Lp: 2701 S. Hampton Road, Suite 100
  • Healing Hands Ministries: 8515 Greenville Ave., Suite N-112
  • HealthCore Physicians Group: 8210 Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 230
  • Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center: 650 S. Griffin St.
  • MD Family Clinic – Hampton: 2815 S. Hampton Road.
  • MD Family Clinic: 9709 Bruton Road.
  • MD Family Marsh – Dallas: 9991 Marsh Lane.
  • MD Kids Pediatrics – Cockrell Hill: 4351 DFW Turnpike, Suite 150
  • MD Kids Pediatrics – Dallas: 655 W. Illinois Ave., Suite 916
  • MD Kids Pediatrics – Lake Highlands: 8330 Abrams Road.
  • MD Kids Pediatrics – Oak Cliff: 3434 W. Illinois Ave., Suite 306-3
  • MD Progressive Care: 3500 Oak Lawn Ave.
  • Dallas Medical City Hospital: 7777 Forest Lane
  • Medical City Green Oaks Hospital: 7808 Clodus Fields Drive
  • Medical City Heart and Spine Hospitals: 11970 N. Central Expy.
  • Dallas Medical Center Methodist: 1441 N. Beckley Ave.
  • Neighborhood Clinic: 2261 Singleton Blvd., Suite 101
  • North Texas infectious disease consultants: 9301 North Central Expy.
  • North Texas preferred health partners: 3417 Gaston Ave.
  • Park Cities Surgery Center: 6901 Snider Plaza
  • Parkland Employee Physicians Office: 7920 Elmbrook Drive, Suite 120
  • Parkland Hospital: 5200 Harry Hines Blvd.
  • Parkland occupational health services: 5201 Harry Hines Blvd.
  • Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for children: 2222 Wellborn St.
  • Tom Thumb Pharmacy No. 3296: 2380 N. Field St.
  • UT Southwestern Medical Center: 5323 Harry Hines Blvd.

Do I have to register with the state to receive the vaccine?

No, registration in the state is not required to receive the vaccine.

Do I have to pay for the vaccine?

The vaccine is free, regardless of insurance status, says the department on its website.

When can everyone else get the vaccine?

According to the state’s best estimate, vaccines will be widely available in the spring, but the schedule may change depending on the pace of vaccine production.

COVID unit nurse Tonychris “TC” Nnaka, (left) receives a dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination from the Director of Occupational Health Stephanie Collins during a media event at Parkland Hospital in Dallas on Tuesday, December 15, 2020. The first Parkland front-line team and senior leaders received vaccines in Parkland after receiving a shipment of vaccines from Pfizer on Tuesday morning. The COVID-19 Tactical Care Unit has seen an increase in the acuity of patients with COVID-19, and has had a greater number of patients intubated in the COVID ICU since the summer, according to TCU medical leaders. (Lynda M. González / The Dallas Morning News)

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