COVID-19 Vaccine Walk-in Clinic for Veterans
Now accepting eligible Veterans under the age of 65 with high risk medical conditions who receive care at VA
Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021
7 am - 3 pm
Building 14 - West Palm Beach VA Medical Center
The West Palm Beach VA Medical Center is holding a walk-in COVID-19 Vaccination clinic for eligible Veterans who receive care at VA and fall in the following CDC/VHA categories:
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Eligible Veterans younger than 65 with high risk conditions: High-risk medical conditions include cancer, chronic kidney disease, COPD, heart failure, coronary artery disease, pregnancy, sickle cell disease, type 2 diabetes, 100% disabled Veterans and more found here.
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Eligible Veterans aged 65 and older
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Eligible Veterans employed as essential frontline workers (aged 18 and up): fire fighters, police officers, corrections officers, food and agricultural workers, United States Postal Service workers, manufacturing workers, grocery store workers, public transit workers, and those who work in the educational sector (teachers, support staff and daycare workers) and who have not yet received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. You must bring identification or documentation that you are employed as an essential worker defined by the CDC.
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Eligible High Risk Veterans: Community Living Centers and other congregate living settings, Homeless Veterans, Hemodialysis patients, Solid Organ Transplant patients or patients who are listed for transplant, Spinal Cord Injury, and Chemotherapy patients (receiving chemotherapy in a clinic/hospital setting)
Note: If you have received any vaccine, such as the Flu or Shingles vaccines, you will need to wait 14 days from the date of that vaccination before receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Please anticipate extended wait times as we work to vaccinate patients in the clinics.
Veterans must already receive care at VA to get the COVID-19 Vaccine and be able to return to the same site for their second dose. For more information visit https://www.westpalmbeach.va.gov/services/covid-19-vaccines.asp.
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