Registration Opens Thursday For Edgewood Vaccine Clinic

PUYALLUP, WA — Pierce County residents who qualify for the coronavirus vaccine now have two options if they want to get vaccinated this weekend.

The Tacoma - Pierce County Health Department has announced they will host a second drive-thru vaccine clinic this Saturday. Registration is already open for the first, which will be at Bonney Lake high school. As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, slots are still available for that clinic.

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

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

As with all the health department's vaccine clinics, slots are only open to residents who are currently eligible to receive the vaccine.

That includes:

• High risk employees in congregate settings like:
  • Agriculture and food processing.
  • Grocery stores.
  • Public transit.
  • 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.

Applicants should also work or live in Pierce County.

You can 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.