COVID-19 Vaccine In Abington: How To Get It, And When

ABINGTON, PA — Montgomery County officials are working hard to deliver vaccines to as many residents as possible, but supply remains extremely limited.

State officials dramatically increased the number of Pennsylvanians eligible for the vaccine during the initial phase. Everyone 65 and older, along with residents 16 or older who have health conditions that put them at high risk, immediately were made eligible, adding about 3.5 million Pennsylvania residents to the list of those eligible for the shots.

The county has administered 36,831 partial doses and 9,052 full doses of the vaccine as of Wednesday afternoon.

Where To Get The Vaccine Near Abington

Multiple locations are expected to come online in the coming weeks and months to distribute the coronavirus vaccine around the Abington area. This is all dependent, however, on when the state receives more vaccine shipments from the federal government.

Currently, Montgomery County Community College's Blue Bell campus serves as a distribution site.

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There are also several pharmacies and hospitals in the area that are starting to receive doses. A full list of these sites is available here.

Among those sites is Holy Redeemer Hospital & Medical Center in Meadowbrook, which, as of Wednesday, said they had already reached their scheduling capacity. Updates are available here.

That county map also includes several pharmacies in the Abington area that anticipate receiving the vaccine, but have not yet received it.

How To Sign Up

Montgomery County has created an online hub for information on the coronavirus vaccine. The hub contains detailed information on who is eligible to be vaccinated under each of the state plan's four phases.

At the hub is a form for qualified residents register for the vaccine. Once registered, residents will be contacted to schedule a vaccination appointment once sufficient supplies arrive, officials said. Those whose status changed last week will be shifted from the 1B list to the 1A list and do not need to register a second time, officials said.

Individuals in 1B and 1C can pre-register for an appointment to be vaccinated at the Montgomery County website. Registration for 1A is available at the same link.

Vaccine Supply in Montgomery County

The county is receiving about 5,000 doses per week. With some 250,000 residents eligible to receive the vaccine in the expanded 1A category, it could take many months, or even a year, to get through that category.

Following 1A, the 1B and 1C categories contain thousands more Montgomery County police officers, teachers, and other frontline workers. There are some 16,598 teachers and essential school staff, and 1,400 police officers in the county, officials said.

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