9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Veterans can show up or call ahead at (210) 949-9702 to schedule an appointment. Long wait times are expected at each facility. Proper identification is required in order to verify enrollment and schedule both doses (approximately 21 days apart). Veterans can find more information and sign up to receive updates on VA’s .
TPR’s Carson Frame spoke with Christopher Sandles, CEO and medical center director for the South Texas Veterans Healthcare System, about vaccine distribution plans. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
CF: So far, South Texas VA has received several thousand doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Can you provide a breakdown of where those are going?
Veterans that are 75-years-old or older in San Antonio are eligible to be next in line to receive their <a href="https://www.ksat.com/topic/Coronavirus/" target= blank>COVID-19 </a>vaccine from the South Texas Veterans Health Care System.
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Airman 1st Class Kimber Bernau, 59th Medical Wing Family Emergency Clinic medical technician, administers the San Antonio Military Health System’s first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot to Maj. Andrew Gausepohl, Dec. 14, 2020, at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.
The San Antonio Military Health System began administering the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to its highest-risk workers this week.
Arrival and distribution of the vaccine started Monday morning at Joint Base-San Antonio Lackland, following the Food and Drug Administration s emergency use authorization over the weekend.
The first in line to receive the vaccine was Air Force Maj. Andrew Gausepohl, medical director of the 59th Medical Wing s Family Emergency Center.