Sign up: Many mass vaccinations using online registries
The first vaccination strategy: Sign up. Sign up. Sign up.
While there will be other opportunities to get a Covid-19 shot, many of the mass vaccination events under way or planned in Kansas City are by appointment only. And officials are filling them by calling people enrolled on state and local registries.
So sign up. And it’s OK to put your name on more than one list that applies to you.
Sign up for the statewide registry by clicking on the Missouri Vaccine Navigator.
County signups include:
Kansas City residents can also sign up with the Kansas City Health Department.
Anyone without Internet access can dial 3-1-1 to get assistance signing up.
Events watch
Some of the major events in Kansas City area include a “mega vaccination” coming to Arrowhead Stadium March 19 and 20. That event is drawing appointments from the Jackson County and statewide registration.
The YMCA and Walmart have been providing vaccinations at the Linwood YMCA in Kansas City on weekends by appointment. That event is using the Kansas City Health Department registration list.
The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and Hy-Vee are now holding vaccination events every Monday beginning March 15. Appointment opportunities for that event are posted on the preceding Thursday on the museum’s webpage, nlbm.com. Appointments for March 15 are filled.
As vaccines become more available, Kansas City-area pharmacies will be able to dispense more shots. A national website with the CDC provides updated information on vaccination opportunities at pharmacies near you:
Beginning March 15, Missouri moved into Tier 3 of its vaccination priority system. Among the people becoming eligible are teachers and childcare workers. The state previously began vaccinating anyone 65 and older, people with certain medical conditions and health concerns, plus people working in health fields and emergency responders.
See the full descriptions and current status of the state’s vaccination priority lists on its vaccine information page.