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Workers direct cars through a mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Circuit of the Americas in February.
Austin Public Health is hosting a walk-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Delco Activity Center this Thursday and Friday from noon until 7:30 p.m. or until all its vaccines are administered.
Vaccines will be available to all residents age 18 and older. No appointment is needed. If supplies run out, Austin Public Health said, staff will help schedule appointments for those who show up.
APH currently only offers the Moderna vaccine, so any 16- and 17-year-olds who want to get vaccinated must find a provider elsewhere.
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Austin and Travis County s top health officials plan to update the public on the latest coronavirus vaccination efforts and pandemic trends Friday.
Dr. Mark Escott, interim Austin-Travis County Health authority, will be joined by Austin Public Health Director Stephanie Hayden-Howard during the public briefing at 10 a.m. Friday.
Watch the public briefing live here on Friday at 10 a.m.:
Every media outlet in Travis County is allowed to ask Escott and Hayden-Howard two questions about vaccines or anything related to coronavirus cases. The American-Statesman plans to ask questions regarding two main concerns raised by readers this week:
Austin Public Health leaders on Tuesday said more than 10,000 coronavirus vaccine slots went unfilled Monday. Can you please describe the demand for them in the past few days and provide an update on how many vaccines appointments have yet to be booked?
A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Austin last month.
After another week of leftover COVID-19 vaccine appointments, Austin Public Health is looking to shift its vaccination efforts and adjust its online sign-up system.
“We must be flexible,” APH Director Stephanie Hayden-Howard said during a news conference Friday. “Our goal is to provide vaccines to our community and meet them where they are.”
To do this, she said, the department plans to partner with more grassroots organizations, as well as go to apartment complexes and community centers, and change its hours of operations. On Friday, for example, APH is partnering with the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians to set up a vaccine clinic at Emo s for local musicians.