A Pilot Community Vaccination Center (CVC) opens in Yakima on March 31, at the Central Washington State Fair Park. The CVC is an easy and convenient place for eligible individuals to get their free COVID-19 vaccine. It is primarily a drive-thru vaccination center, but individuals may also walk up to the site. Eligibility is not affected by insurance coverage or immigration status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The CVC is a joint effort partnership between Yakima Health District, Yakima Valley Office of Emergency Management, Washington\u2019s Department of Health, the Emergency Management Division, and FEMA. The CVC will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday\u2014Wednesday and Friday\u2014Sunday. On Thursdays it will be open from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those driving should use Gate 15, and those walking on to the site should use Gate 1. For individuals needing a free ride to the Community Vaccination Center, they can call 2-1-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur sole mission is building immunity for the community,\u201d emphasized Andre Fresco, Executive Director, Yakima Health District. \u201cPlease don\u2019t put off for tomorrow what you can do today. Make an appointment when it\u2019s your turn to register.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to the Central Washington State Fair Park site, mobile unit locations and hours will be available soon and updated on the Yakima Health District website YakimaHealthDistrict.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Through this partnership, vaccination capacity at this location will expand from approximately 200 vaccines per day to 1,200 vaccines per day between the fixed, drive-thru site and mobile units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Pilot Community Vaccination Center (CVC) opens in Yakima on March 31, at the Central Washington State Fair Park. The CVC is an easy and convenient place for eligible individuals to get their free COVID-19 vaccine. It is primarily a drive-thru vaccination center, but individuals may also walk up to the site. Eligibility is not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[311,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-19","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10373"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10376,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10373\/revisions\/10376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
As of March 31, those eligible to receive their COVID-19 vaccine at the Yakima CVC are:
\u2022 People 60 years of age or older
\u2022 People 16 years of age or older who have 2 or more co-morbidities or underlying health conditions
\u2022 People who work in certain congregate settings\u2014including restaurants, food services, construction, and manufacturing\u2014and are therefore considered to be high-risk critical workers.
\u2022 People, staff, and volunteers in certain congregate living settings\u2014including correctional facilities, group homes for people with disabilities, and settings where people experiencing homelessness live or access services.
Register for an appointment on Prep-Mod<\/a> or call 1-800-525-0127, press 7 for Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n