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WellMed fills spots for 30,000 COVID-19 vaccines; reservation hotline closed until more doses available
WellMed filled 30,000 appointments since Feb. 24
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All current vaccine doses have been reserved. WellMed will announce to media and post on social media when the hotline reopens. (KSAT)
SAN ANTONIO – The reservation hotline for the WellMed COVID-19 clinics closed Wednesday after all appointments were filled for the current allotment of 30,000 vaccine doses.
All vaccination appointment slots for this week have been filled for the clinics at the Elvira Cisneros Senior Community Activity Center and the Alicia Trevino Lopez Senior One-Stop Center.
WellMed officials expect to re-open the reservation hotline on Friday if they get more vaccines. WellMed is expecting 9,000 more doses of the Modern vaccine for appointments starting next week.
WellMed will reopen COVID-19 vaccination hotline on Wednesday to fill 30K first-dose appointments
Hotline to reopen at 8 a.m. Feb. 24; appointments will begin Feb. 25
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The WellMed COVID-19 vaccination reservation hotline will reopen this week to fill 30,000 first-dose appointments, according to health officials.
The hotline is used for residents to schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments at the Elvira Cisneros Senior Community Activity Center and the Alicia Trevino Lopez Senior One-Stop Center.
The hotline will reopen at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24.
The first-dose appointments will be administered on the following dates:
Thursday – Saturday (Feb. 25-27)
Next week Monday-Friday (March 1-5)
WellMed vaccination hotline re-opens Saturday with 9,000 slots available
Goal is to reduce wait times and increase number of vaccinations
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Feb. 3 Update:
On Wednesday, a WellMed official said that all available doses at the city’s two WellMed-run clinics in San Antonio are reserved.
The telephone registration hotline is now responding to callers with a recorded message stating that all slots are full.
No walk-ins will be accepted to either the Cisneros or Lopez Senior Centers.
WellMed will make a public announcement about reopening the hotline when they receive more vaccine doses.
Original Story:
The vaccination hotline went live again Saturday morning with people anxious to get their name on WellMed’s list.