New Help on the Way to Help Schedule Your COVID Vaccine
A new phone registration system is set up to help those without internet access or who are having trouble navigating Allegheny County s vaccine registration website.
February 4, 2021
This story was updated at 4:30 Thursday, Feb. 4.
The Allegheny County Health Department, in partnership with the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania, is trying to make it easier to schedule an appointment for the COVID-19 vaccine. Beginning at noon Thursday, you can
dial 2-1-1 for help in registering or to have all of your vaccine questions answered.
The phone registration support is intended only for those 65 and older without internet access or who are having trouble navigating the registration website. Appointments are for the Health Department’s vaccine distribution site inside the DoubleTree Hotel in Monroeville only. Appointments remain extremely limited and the 750 slots that were available Thursday morning were gone by late Thur
211 line overwhelmed amid demand for COVID-19 vaccine appointments in Allegheny County
County officials said over 15,000 calls were coming in per second throughout the day. Share Updated: 8:36 PM EST Feb 4, 2021 Nick Matoney
County officials said over 15,000 calls were coming in per second throughout the day. Share Updated: 8:36 PM EST Feb 4, 2021
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Show Transcript SHE TRIED TO GET THROUGH TODAY. WHAT HAPPENED? ALLEGHENY COUNTY ANNOUNCED THIS HOTLINE EARLIER TODAY. IT’S MEANT FOR THOSE 65 AND OLDER WHO MIGHT NOT BE INTERNET SAVVY. THEY ANNOUNCED 700 50 APPOINTMENT WOULD BE AVAILABLE STARTING AT NOON, FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED. I WAS WITHIN O’HARE TOWNSHIP WOMAN WHO DID NOT GET THROUGH. IT HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE. SHE TAKES COVID SERIOUSLY. A DRIVEWAY WITH NO TIRE MARKS EVIDENCE THAT FEW PEOPLE COME AND GO. IT IS FRUSTRATING. IT IS HER AND HER 94-YEAR-OLD MOTHER,A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR. I DON’T KNOW WHERE