Registration Opens Wednesday For Bonney Lake Vaccine Clinic

BONNEY LAKE, WA — The Tacoma - Pierce County Health Department has announced another free drive-thru vaccination event this weekend at Bonney Lake High School.

Notably, this is the first time the health department has announced a new clinic while slots at an earlier clinic are still available — as of 5 p.m. Tuesday, slots are still open for Thursday's clinic in Puyallup — hopefully a sign that supply is starting to finally outpace demand.

The clinic will offer the Moderna vaccine, so patients will also be invited to receive a second dose of the vaccine at a later date.

Like the Puyallup clinic, the Bonney Lake clinic will offer the vaccine to everyone who qualifies for the vaccine under any distribution phase up to and including Phase 1B2. That means:

• Workers in agriculture and food processing.
• Grocery store workers.
• Public transit employees.
• First responders, law enforcement, and firefighters.
• Corrections employees at jails and detention centers.
• Anyone 16 and older who is either pregnant or has a disability that puts them at higher risk.
• Health care workers.
• Medical first responders.
• Teachers and school support staff.
• Residents and staff of long-term care facilities.
• Anyone 65 and older.
• Residents 50 or older and who live in a multigenerational household.

As with other TPCHD vaccination clinics, to qualify for a shot you should work or live in Pierce County.

Registration for the clinic will open at 10 a.m. Wednesday. When it does, a link to apply will be posted on the health department's website at http://tpchd.org/vaxtothefuture.

You can also register to receive email alerts about new clinics by visiting TPCHD's website. Just check the box marked "COVID-19 community vaccination events" under the News header.