The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department will host a make-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic Thursday, Jan. 14, according to a Monday afternoon news release. This vaccination clinic is only for people included in Phase 1a1 and Phase 1a2 who have not already been vaccinated.
The clinic will take place Thursday, Jan. 14 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Madison Haywood Developmental Services office, located at 38 Garland Drive in Jackson.
Individuals wanting to be vaccinated must provide credentials proving they are in Phase 1a1 or Phase 1a2.
Phase 1a1 includes frontline healthcare workers and dependent disabled adults. The following individuals fall in that category:
- Hospital/free-standing emergency department staff with direct patient exposure and/or exposure to potentially infectious materials
- Home health care staff
- COVID-19 mass testing site staff
- Student health providers
- First responders with direct public exposure
- Individuals 18 years or older who cannot live independently due to a serious chronic medical condition or intellectual or developmental disability
Phase 1a2 includes outpatient healthcare workers with direct patient exposure. The following individuals fall in that category:
- Primary care providers and staff
- Outpatient specialty providers and staff working with acute patients
- Pharmacists and staff
- Patient transport
- Outpatient therapists
- Urgent visit center providers and staff
- Environmental services
- Oral health providers
- Behavioral health providers
- Outpatient laboratory staff working with COVID-19 specimens
- Funeral/mortuary workers with direct decedent contact
Tennessee’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan is available online at https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/documents/cedep/novel-coronavirus/COVID-19_Vaccination_Plan.pdf.
Find more information about COVID-19 from the Tennessee Department of Health at https://covid19.tn.gov/. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated information and guidance available online at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus.