Health Department and Partners Add Additional Pharmacies to Vaccinate for COVID-19

January 20,2021

(Des Moines, IA) – The Polk County Health Department and partners open additional pharmacies for individuals to receive their COVID-19 vaccine.  Polk County is STILL in Phase 1A. We are currently vaccinating:

• Healthcare personnel (HCP) with direct patient contact and thus who are unable to telework, including those who work in inpatient, outpatient, or community settings, who provide services to patients or patient's family members, or who handle infectious materials.
• Health care personnel are defined as paid and unpaid persons serving in health care settings who have the potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients or infectious materials.
• Long term care facility staff and residents.

• You may schedule an appointment at any of the Hy-Vee locations here: https://www.hy-vee.com/
  my-pharmacy/covid-vaccine-consent.

• You may schedule an appointment at the Ankeny Medicap pharmacy here:  https://hipaa.jotform.com/203496387790166
• You may schedule an appointment at the Altoona Medicap pharmacy here:   https://hipaa.jotform.com/203496311988162

Vaccination of Phase 1B populations will begin no later than the first of February, and will take several weeks to complete. This timeline is tentative and can change at any time due to supply of vaccine.

Please visit https://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/health-department/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19/covid-19-vaccine-information-for-the-public/ for the most current vaccine information.

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