COVID-19 Vaccination Starting April 1, 2021 for 16 Years of Age or Older

News Release Date
03-31-2021
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Anyone 16 years of age or older will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination starting tomorrow April 1st. 

Please be advised that at approximately 8:30 AM tomorrow morning, April 1st, Eastern Highland Health District (EHHD) will be posting 600 vaccination appointments to VAMS. Please note that the vaccine made available by EHHD is for those 18 years of age or older. EHHD will not be vaccinating persons 16 or 17 years of age. The larger healthcare networks, and pharmacies will be making the Pfizer vaccine available to 16 and 17 year old individuals.

For those that wish to create an account in VAMS, and schedule an appointment with an EHHD clinic please follow this link: https://covidvaccinefinder.ct.gov/vams/101

UConn Health (Hawley Armory – Storrs Campus): This clinic, staffed by UConn Health personnel, is open 3 to 4 days per week. UConn Health will be making between 1200 and 2000 appointments available each week at this clinic location, pending vaccine availability. To make an appointment at this location please follow this link: https://mychart.uconn.edu/mychart/Signup

Individuals may also call the UConn Health Vaccine Scheduling telephone line at 860-679-5589.

Area Pharmacies and other area providers: A number of area pharmacies are also making appointments available on a weekly basis. Please follow this link to information on appointment availability to these, and other vaccine providers in your area: https://covidvaccinefinder.ct.gov/

Please note, area vaccine providers will be updating their appointment schedules on a regular basis. For those that are unable to make an appointment right away, please check back periodically as more appointments will be made available as more vaccine is allocated.