The Bryce Jordan Center will become a regional COVID-19 vaccination clinic. Here’s what to know
With COVID-19 vaccination efforts underway across Pennsylvania, Centre County is set to host a regional clinic with the ability to administer doses to thousands of people.
The Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State’s campus will be used as a large-scale clinic so the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Emergency Management Agency can carry out the state’s accelerated vaccination rollout plan.
Patients in phases 1A and 1B, which includes essential workers such as postal, public transit and manufacturing employees, are able to schedule an appointment by visiting pema.trackmyvaccine.com or by calling 844-545-3450. Those in Phase 1C, which includes workers in transportation and logistics, water and wastewater, public health, finance and construction and more, may begin scheduling Monday.
“We are pleased with this latest effort to ensure vaccine is available to Pennsylvanians,” Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam said in a statement. “We know that this regional vaccination clinic will serve as a prime location for many Pennsylvanians to get vaccinated, and we encouraged people to get vaccinated as soon as they are eligible.”
Beginning Friday, the site will open to administer vaccines through April 12 for those with appointments. Starting April 15, the site will operate five days a week from Thursday-Monday from noon to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on weekends.
“Initially, this site will administer 600 doses per day, with the capacity to administer more as operations ramp up,” PEMA Director Randy Padfield said in a statement. “This is a centrally-located site that will serve thousands of people from not only Centre County but also surrounding counties as well.”
The Pennsylvania National Guard and AMI Expeditionary Healthcare, LLC, a health organization contracted by PEMA, will direct operations and administer doses at the site, according to a news release.
On April 19, all adults in Pennsylvania will be eligible to schedule vaccination appointments.
“One of the best ways we can get the pandemic under control, our economy back up and running faster, is with the use of vaccines, and the safe and effective way that people can get them is having them all over the state,” Centre County commissioner Michael Pipe said. “To see additional vaccines coming into central Pennsylvania is great to see, and so, it’s certainly light at the end of the tunnel.”
Almost 5.8 million vaccine doses have been administered across the state to 3.87 million people. Centre County residents have received 78,847 vaccinations, according to state data.
Mount Nittany Health, Centre Volunteers in Medicine, Boalsburg Apothecary and Moshannon Valley Pharmacy also have waitlists available for sign-ups on their websites.
This story was originally published April 7, 2021 at 11:13 AM.
