Schedule Online or Call VA Portland now to Reserve your COVID Vaccination Appointment
(503) 273-5100
Dear VA Portland Veteran:
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We are pleased to offer you the COVID vaccination!
We are using a new online reservation system that we hope will allow many more eligible Veterans to be scheduled without delay. We have expanded our online schedule, and now have reservation slots available at Mark Morris High School in Longview, WA, (1602 Mark Morris Ct., Longview, WA 98632) on Sunday, April 18th for a one-time vaccination event. You may also call (503) 273-5100 (Monday-Friday from 8 AM to 4 PM) to request a reservation.
If you do not wish to receive a COVID vaccination or have already received the vaccine in the community, please send a Secure Message to your Primary Care team notifying them you wish to decline receiving the vaccine from VA Portland.
This service is available now to all Veterans who served in the military, their spouses and caregivers of Veterans and CHAMPVA recipients. If you are not an enrolled Veteran with VA Portland, please bring this completed worksheet with you to your vaccination reservation: “COVID-19 VACCINATION WORKSHEET.”
Our schedulers are actively calling eligible Veterans by phone to make vaccination reservations. If you have not already received a phone call and scheduled your vaccination, we invite you to try the online reservation tool to sign up for your vaccination.
A few other things to be aware of:
- You should NOT sign up to be vaccinated if:
- You have had a major allergic reaction to other vaccines or any ingredient of this vaccine, or
- You have received another immunization in the last 14 days.
- The CDC DOES recommend vaccination for almost everyone else, including people who have had other types of allergic reactions (e.g., to food, pets, venom, latex, or oral medications).
- If you are immunocompromised or have an autoimmune condition, or you are pregnant, please refer to this link and consider talking to your provider prior to vaccination if you have any questions: Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of COVID-19 Vaccines | CDC
On the day of your vaccination:
- Do not come to the vaccine clinic if you have a fever, cough, or are otherwise feeling ill. Please cancel your reservation, and we will work with you to reschedule it.
- Please arrive 5 minutes early to your reservation, not sooner. If you arrive earlier, please stay in your car until your reservation time. This will help us keep the clinic from becoming overcrowded.
- You will be required to wear a mask and maintain social distancing during your vaccination visit. If a caregiver accompanies you, they should stay in the car during your visit unless you absolutely cannot manage without them or they also have a reservation to receive a vaccination.
- You will be observed for at least 15 minutes after your vaccination to ensure you don't have a reaction to it. The risk of a serious reaction appears to be very low - approximately 1 in 100,000.
Thank you for your service!
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Click here to reserve your vaccination reservation.
Instructions:
- Ensure the date is highlighted on the calendar and select your preferred time. If you see no available reservations, this means all slots have already been taken.
- Enter your:
- FULL NAME
- Email address
- Phone number
Please double check for typos, paying special attention to your email address.
- You will receive an email confirmation. There is an option to cancel or reschedule on the confirmation email. You will not be able to cancel or reschedule after 11am the business day before your scheduled reservation.
- Do not reply to the confirmation email; it will not be monitored.
Additional information:
VA Portland Health Care System
CDC vaccine fact sheet
Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine info
Moderna vaccine info
Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) vaccine info
What to expect after getting the vaccine
How to enroll for VA care
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