The Garland Health Department (GHD) is planning its next mass vaccination event Thursday, April 1 at Johnson Stadium.
The Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) has recently announced that all adults will be eligible for COVID vaccinations effective Monday, March 29 and that people over the age of 80 should be prioritized.
The Garland Health Department has continued to experience a high “no-show rate” during recent vaccination events even after multiple attempts to contact those on the waitlist.
Because of these challenges, GHD is temporarily closing our vaccine registration site as we work through the current waitlist of more than 20,000. We want to identify and provide vaccines to those who still wish to receive them during our mass vaccination events at Homer B. Johnson Stadium and at the Garland Public Health Clinic.
This week alone, TDSHS indicates that no less than 65 providers were allocated 146,000 doses of COVID vaccines in the four metroplex counties of Dallas, Collin, Tarrant and Denton.
Please check this website for updates and register for the vaccine with other vaccine providers at vaccinefinder.org or contact your doctor and/or area pharmacies for additional options.
For everyone on Garland’s vaccine waiting list, if you receive your vaccine from another source, please email GPH@GarlandTX.gov or call 972-205-3900 to remove your name from our list. Your consideration will enable us to more quickly vaccinate qualified people.
If you are on Garland’s list, missed your appointment with us and still wish to receive the vaccine, email GPH@GarlandTX.gov or call 972-205-3900 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week, to see how we can help.
First dose vaccines received: 11,500
First dose vaccines administered: 9,892
Second dose vaccines received: 7,500
Second dose vaccines administered: 5,924
Total vaccine registrations: 130,276
Information and photo provided by city of Garland.