COVID-19 Vaccine Update: PA Department of Health expands Phase 1A

January 19, 2021

Due to the high demand for the COVID-19 vaccine, all available appointments have been filled. We ask for our community’s patience as we work to make more appointments available. Appointments will depend on vaccine availability.

While you are waiting for updates on new appointments, we encourage you to use or create a MyWellSpan account to make the appointment and scheduling process easier.

Tuesday, January 19, 2021, the Department announced two additional categories of eligible individuals to receive the COVID-19 vaccine as part of Phase 1A:

All people ages 65 and older
People ages 16-64 with certain medical conditions, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that increase the risk of severe illness from the virus, detailed here: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/people-with-medical-conditions.html

We appreciate your patience as we experience high call volumes. Hold times for the call COVID-19 Hotline and primary care provider offices will be longer than usual. Due to these high volumes on our phone lines, please do not call our office with medical emergencies. Please call 911.

Please be patient as it may take several weeks until you are able to get an appointment to be vaccinated.Be reassured that we will continue until we exhaust our vaccine supplies.
If appointments are full, you will be able to sign-in to check back for new appointments

If you would like to schedule on behalf of a loved one click here to learn how to enable Proxy access to their account: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppB4t3H7nok&list=PLnejbaxdM8Dq-l4YIn1bvQy2_xrlr_16Z&index=5