Last week,
Pegula Ice Arena partnered with Walmart to administer 1,170 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to the university’s students, employees, and dependents. However, the clinic ended on Saturday, April 24.
Previously, the Bryce Jordan Center was administering Johnson & Johnson vaccines, but the operation was
temporarily halted by Pennsylvania following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That said, the BJC is now offering the Moderna vaccine.
To ease your appointment-finding process, check out our up-to-date, comprehensive list of vaccine locations and providers in State College:
Bryce Jordan Center
The BJC is offering Moderna vaccine appointments Thursday through Monday each week. Registration for appointments at the clinic is available at
On Tuesday, Pennsylvania moved to Phase 2 of Gov. Tom Wolf s Vaccine Rollout Plan, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. This means all individuals age 16 and older are eligible to schedule a vaccination appointment.Â
Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines can be received, but the DOH has extended the pause in administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine until April 24 or until updated guidance is provided from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration.
State College s coronavirus vaccination locations include:
Centre Volunteers in Medicine #2520 - Green Tech Dr., State College, Pennsylvania 16803
Wegmans Pharmacy #098 - 345 Colonnade Blvd., State College, Pennsylvania 16803
The state-run regional vaccination clinic at Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center is on a temporary hiatus until at least April 20 as Pennsylvania follows federal guidance to pause administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
“As soon as the federal guidance was issued we likewise followed suit and paused that clinic at this time until we await further guidance from the federal government,” Acting Secretary of Health Allison Beam said during a news conference on Tuesday.
The clinic, operated by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and Department of Health, opened on Friday and planned to vaccinate up to 600 people a day, five days a week, using the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
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On Dec. 18, Mount Nittany Health doctors
administered the first COVID-19 vaccinations in Centre County. Starting with the State College-based health systems own direct care providers and staff, the effort soon expanded to other health care workers in the community.
Nearly four months later, as Pennsylvania’s eligibility guidelines have expanded, 48,651 people in Centre County have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose and Mount Nittany has been the county’s largest single provider. It has administered more than 30,900 doses to community members and has another 5,000 future doses are scheduled. With Pennsylvania expanding eligibility to all adults by April 19 and production ramping up, many more are in the future.