The state launches a vaccine hotline that can help schedule COVID vaccine appointments for residents at nearby providers.
State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter said the hotline is open 8 AM to 8 PM Monday through Saturday and noon to 8 PM on Sundays. The number is 855-453-0774.
“This is a number that anyone can call if they want help connecting to where vaccine events are or where vaccine availability is around them, or if they have questions about the vaccine,” said Kanter who added the hotline can connect residents with health care experts who can tell you more about how the vaccines are made, what makes them safe, and what makes them highly effective.
Kanter said we’ve approached the point where those who want to get vaccinated can do so easily and without much of a wait, which is why making getting an appointment easy is so important.
“As we go forward it is not going to be an issue of having supply that limits us, it is going to be an issue of how well we are reaching people in the state and how comfortable people in the state feel,” said Kanter.
28 percent of all Louisianans have received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine, 71 percent of those over the age of 65 have.
The only bad news: due to a quality control error at a Baltimore vaccine production plant the nationwide supply of Johnson and Johnson will be low for quite a few weeks. Kanter said that means we’re only getting 8,000 JnJ shots next week.
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