Al Roker Gets COVID-19 Vaccine on Live TV
Author: Paige Gawley
Updated: 9:49 AM CST January 19, 2021
Al Roker is protecting himself against COVID-19. During Tuesday's episode of the
Today show, the 66-year-old co-host received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine live on-air.
Roker qualifies for the vaccine due to his age, but it still wasn't easy for him to get an appointment.
"All weekend long, I went on the New York state health.gov website and kept logging in and adding my information. Kept logging in, logging in, I finally hit pay dirt Sunday morning and I got assigned here to Lenox Hill Hospital," he said. "That's how I made it. But it was a constant [process]. I kept hitting refresh, refresh, refresh on the browser and finally got in."