The St. Clair County Health Department is expecting the new pre-registration system for COVID-19 vaccines to go live on Friday. With the new system, individuals will be able to sing up for email, text, and/or phone notifications when future vaccine appointments become available.
The pre-registration system is not a sign up system, and it does not reserve a future vaccine appointment. When the pre-registered individual is notified of an available appointment, they will still have to follow the instructions included in the notification to reserve an appointment.
The Health Department is still vaccinating eligible individuals in the 65 years and older group and the 1A/1B priority groups. Group 1A consists of healthcare workers and long term care residents, and 1B is mainly frontline workers and those who work in institutions or schools. Persons in those groups will be notified of vaccine opportunities by their employers.
Dr. Annette Mercatante, Medical Health Officer, stated, “The vaccine allocation we receive is turned around quickly and used within 7 days. During the week of January 21-27, we administered over 2,000 vaccinations. We expect numbers to increase as allocations improve. We look forward to offering weekly 65+ clinics and continue clinics for essential workers utilizing the upcoming pre-registration system. This new process will be a positive step hopefully alleviating stress in our (senior) population.”
Reporting for WGRT – Jessie Wiegand
