Older Heights Residents Should Register For COVID Vaccine Shot

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH — Older Cleveland Heights residents can register with the city to get future opportunities of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.

The Cleveland Heights Office on Aging is compiling a database of residents, 65 and older, who are still in need of a COVID-19 vaccine. Should vaccine become available, they would be contacted and given first opportunity to receive the vaccine, a city official told Patch.

The idea for the database emerged after Heights residents were given a surprise chance to get vaccinated.

Recently, the Heights Office on Aging was contacted by a neighboring city that had extra doses of COVID-19 vaccine that needed to be administered. Calls were made to seniors who were registered with the office and they were vaccinated.

"We want to be ready should the opportunity arise again," a city spokesperson said. Cleveland Heights officials are also trying to bring future vaccination clinics to town.

To register, residents should call 216-691-7377 or email CHOOA@clvhts.com and provide your name, age and phone number. You will then be notified when COVID-19 vaccines become available.