Efforts are ramping up in Louisiana to get more people inoculated against COVID-19.
"This week, 209 vaccine providers across the state will receive very limited doses of COVID vaccine," the Louisiana Department of Health said in a news release.
The locations include 87 chain pharmacies, 93 independent pharmacies, 20 federally qualified health centers, and 9 healthcare sites.
"This is an increase of 102 providers that eligible residents can access since last week."
LDH says there are locations in all nine public health regions and 64 parishes of the state.
These vaccines will be available only for:
-Persons ages 70 years or older
-Outpatient clinic providers and clinic staff
-Urgent care clinic providers and staff
-Community care clinic providers and staff
-Behavioral health clinic providers and staff
-Dialysis providers and clients
-Home health service providers, direct support workers and recipients
-Dental providers and staff
-Students, residents, faculty and staff of allied health schools
-Participating providers must make available vaccine available to anyone who is eligible. Failure to do so will inform future decisions about distribution.
Click here to see the list LDH has published on covidvaccine.la.gov.
"Eligible residents must contact a participating provider and make an appointment with them. Patients who arrive without an appointment will not be vaccinated. Do not arrive at a location without an appointment."
LDH says that as more vaccine becomes available from the CDC, more individuals and groups will be offered a vaccination.
"We want everyone to have the opportunity to get vaccinated against COVID. We are confident that COVID-19 vaccines will be a critical tool in ultimately ending the pandemic."
