18 JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas (March 11, 2021) The San Antonio Military Health System has started the next phase of the Department of Defense’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout expanding the scope of who is eligible to get vaccinated against the virus.
Brooke Army Medical Center has begun booking appointments for high-risk beneficiaries ages 16 to 64 and is now administering the vaccine to high-risk beneficiaries ages 16-64 and beneficiaries 65 and older at its vaccination site on Fort Sam Houston (main post). At this time, we are only booking appointments for known vaccine availability and as such appointments are limited. As more appointments become available in the coming weeks, beneficiaries will be able to schedule their appointments online or by calling the appointment line. BAMC will provide frequent updates on social media and the Joint Base San Antonio website.
Senior Airman Marisol Salgado, medical technician, administers a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Army Capt. Rebecca Parrish, a COVID-19 intensive care unit nurse, Dec. 17, 2020 at Brooke Army Medical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. Parrish was the first BAMC staff member to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. (U.S. Army photo by Corey Toye) (Brooke Army Medical Center)
SAN ANTONIO – The Brooke Army Medical Center will begin administering the COVID-19 vaccine to all TRICARE beneficiaries, ages 65 or older, next week by appointment only.
BAMC announced the vaccine appointments on Saturday afternoon, and officials say they were able to open up appointments for beneficiaries ages 75 and older earlier this week.