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<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">March 12, 2021</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Sara Humm
<br />Public Information Specialist
<br />Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services
<br />Sara.Humm@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services opens vaccine appointments March 15</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services will open appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine beginning Monday, March 15 at 8 a.m. Appointments are required and available only for those who are eligible and live or work in Boone County. <br /><br />The link to schedule appointments will be posted on <a href="https://www.como.gov/covidvaccine/">CoMo.gov/CovidVaccine</a>. The best way to schedule an appointment is through the website, however, anyone who is having trouble accessing the website can call the Contact Center at 573.874.CITY (2489).<br /><br />Initial appointments will be available to schedule for Monday, March 15 through Saturday, March 20. Moving forward, any appointment links will be available on the <a href="https://www.como.gov/covidvaccine/">CoMo.gov/CovidVaccine</a> site as doses are available.<br /><br />Residents in Phase 1A; Phase 1B, Tier 1; Phase 1B, Tier 2; and
Phase 1B, Tier 3 will be eligible for vaccination. March 15 is the first day that Tier 3 is eligible for vaccination. <br /><br />Those eligible in these phases and tiers include: <br />
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<li>Adults who work in the following sectors:
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<li>Education (K-12)</li>
<li>Childcare</li>
<li>Communications Sector</li>
<li>Dams Sector</li>
<li>Energy Sector</li>
<li>Food/Agriculture Sector (production, processing, distribution, and grocery and convenience store workers)</li>
<li>Government (elected officials, judiciary, others designated for continuity of government)</li>
<li>Information Technology Sector</li>
<li>Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste Sector</li>
<li>Transportation Systems Sector</li>
<li>Waste and Wastewater Systems Sector</li>
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<li>Anyone aged 65 and older</li>
<li>Any adults with cancer, Chronic Kidney Disease, COPD, Heart Conditions, weakened immune system due to organ transplant, severe obesity (BMI >40), pregnancy, Sickle Cell Disease, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, or individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities such as Down Syndrome.</li>
<li>All healthcare providers and personnel, including public health infrastructure</li>
<li>Residents and staff of congregate community healthcare settings, including long-term care facilities</li>
<li>Home and community-based health services providers and personnel</li>
<li>First responders, including law enforcement, fire services, corrections, and social service agencies</li>
<li>Emergency management and public works personnel, including nonprofit partner volunteer agencies</li>
<li>Emergency services sector employees</li>
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For more detailed information about the state's phase and tier system, please visit <a href="https://covidvaccine.mo.gov/priority/">covidvaccine.mo.gov/priority</a>.</div>
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