Houston Department of Health Opens Over 13,000 COVID-19 Vaccination Appointments for the Week of March 22

HOUSTON – The Houston Department of Health opened 13,070 new appointment slots for COVID-19 vaccination on Sunday during the week of March 22-27.

Appointments are for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at the Bayou City Event Center or the first few doses of the Moderna vaccine at Delmar Stadium and The Parking Spot.

Persons eligible for vaccination based on the criteria of the Texas Department of Health Services can visit HoustonEmergency.org/covid19 or the following direct links to self-register.

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Dating portals will close when spaces are filled.

Appointments are only confirmed upon receipt of an email or text message and confirmation numbers will be verified on the site.

People who show up without confirmed appointments will be rejected.

The appointment log is also available by phone for persons 60 and older through the Area Agency on Aging at 832-393-4301.

People with disabilities can call the Resource Center for the Aged and Disabled at 832-393-5500.

Anyone else who needs assistance registering can contact the COVID-19 call center at 832-393-4220.

The department sent appointment invitations to the roughly 80,000 people on its vaccine waiting lists with a response rate of roughly 35 percent. Waiting lists are currently closed, but appointment invitations will continue to be sent to people on the lists. The department may reopen waiting lists in the future.

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