COVID -19 Vaccinations

Due to inclement weather, the COVID vaccinations planned by OPH for for this Friday will be deferred to Tuesday, February 23, 2021.  

Please consult covidvaccine.la.gov as well.

The schedule for second doses the times and locations will remain the same (with the change of date only).

 *TIER 1 was expanded to include those 65 and above, law enforcement and first responders, poll workers and those who work in pharmacies and funeral homes.

COVID -19 Vaccinations Schedule Week 2/22-2/26

Health Department: 209 vaccine providers in all 64 parishes will receive COVID vaccine this week

102 providers, 13 parishes added since last week

This week 209 vaccine providers across the state will receive very limited doses of COVID vaccine.

These 209 providers – including 87 chain pharmacies, 93 independent pharmacies, 20 federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), and an additional 9 healthcare sites – represent all nine public health regions and 64 parishes of the state. This is an increase of 102 providers that eligible residents can access since last week.

While the state was able to resupply the initial 107 pharmacies that received COVID vaccine doses last week, future distribution is dependent on vaccine made available to the state, among other factors. To stress, there is no guarantee that providers receiving vaccine this week will receive vaccine in the future. 
 

PLEASE NOTE THE CURRENT LIST OF AVAILABLE OPH SITES FOR VACCINATONS.

YOU MUST STILL BE IN ONE OF THE ELIGIBLE GROUPS :

·    Persons 65 and older

·    Dialysis providers and patients

·    Ambulatory and outpatient providers and staff

o  Behavioral health providers and staff

o  Urgent care clinic providers and staff

o  Community care providers and staff

o  Dental providers and staff

·    Professional home care providers (including hospice workers) and home care recipients (including older and younger people with disabilities over the age of 16 who receive community or home-based care, as well as clients of home health agencies)

·    American Sign Language (ASL) and foreign language interpreters and Support Service Providers (SSPs) working in community and clinic-based settings, and clients who are both deaf and blind

·    Health-related support personnel (lab staff, mortuary staff who have contact with corpses, pharmacy staff)

·    Schools of allied health students, residents and staff

·    Law enforcement and other first responders

·    Louisiana Unified Command Group

·    State and local essential COVID emergency response personnel

·    Some elections staff ahead of March elections

Participating providers must make available vaccine available to anyone who is eligible. Failure to do so will inform future decisions about distribution.   

LDH has published the list of participating providers, along with their locations and contact information, on its website: 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 cannot make appointments for patients; only providers can.

The Louisiana Department of Health is coordinating the COVID-19 vaccine distribution effort in Louisiana. As more vaccines become 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.

REGION VI COVID -19 Vaccinating Pharmacies

*Must call pharmacy for an appointment

Avoyelles Parish

Sentry Drugs of Marksville @ Don’s Pharmasave

134 Rue Medecine St., Marksville, LA           

318-359-3774

Concordia Parish

Books Pharmacy

1158 Logan Sewell Dr. Vidalia, LA

318-414.2616

Rapides Parish

Sav-On Pharmacy @ Super 1 Foods

604 MacArthur Dr., Alexandria, LA

318-442-5710

Safeway Pharmacy @ Albertsons

2265 S MacArthur Dr. Alexandria, LA

318-442-5364

Holloway Pharmacy

12805 Hwy 28E Suite A  Pineville, LA

318-466.3113

Vernon Parish

Walgreens

2008 S 5^th St., Leesville, LA

337-239-2285