COUNTY News:
Los Alamos County’s Emergency Management Office is coordinating with the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) to hold a COVID-19 vaccination clinic, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18, in Griffith Gymnasium at Los Alamos High School, 1300 Diamond Dr.
The clinic will be limited to vaccinating remaining healthcare workers in phase 1A and beginning phase 1B, which includes teachers, frontline essential workers and citizens over age 75. This vaccine clinic is free.
Vaccinations are limited. Individuals who meet the 1A and 1B criteria and have pre-registered on the NMDOH website will receive notification on how to register either from the NMDOH or their employer.
After receiving notification, if individuals encounter problems registering, they can call NMDOH at 1.855.600.3453, press option 0 for vaccine questions, and then option 4 for tech support.
Individuals are advised to arrive at their designated registration time to Griffith Gymnasium.
NMDOH officials will request to see each individual’s confirmation code upon check-in.
Dress appropriately for standing outside and observing social distancing. Dress in layers, with a short sleeve shirt underneath for vaccine administration.
As previously stated in County news releases, the NMDOH does not expect to have enough vaccine for the general public that does not fall into the above categories until later in 2021.
To pre-register, or, to learn more about the vaccine and “when” the general public might be able to receive it, link to the new NMDOH website: https://cv.nmhealth.org/covid-vaccine/
NMDOH is the point of contact for all vaccination information and will notify Los Alamos County’s public health officials as soon as they know when shipments of the vaccine will be made available for the community-at-large. At that point, the County will begin announcing vaccination clinics for Los Alamos via press releases, the County Line newsletter, the COVID-19/Pandemic webpage, and its associated ALERT banner pop-up on the home webpage (www.losalamosnm.us), as well as through advertisements in the Los Alamos Daily Post.