With vaccines against covid-19 plentiful in the state, the Arkansas Department of Health offers call-in lines, websites and other information to help unvaccinated residents get the shots.
Arkansans age 16 and over are eligible now to receive covid-19 vaccinations. The shots are free.
Information and help from the state Health Department include:
• A phone-in line for callers to set covid-19 vaccination appointments and get answers to related questions. Call (800) 985-6030, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
• An online list of covid-19 vaccination clinics around the state. Some accept appointments, others are first-come, first-served.
The vaccination clinic website is: https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/programs-services/topics/adh-covid-19-vaccine-clinics.
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• An online list that includes hundreds of pharmacies and hospitals statewide -- "Covid-19 Vaccination Locations" -- that administer shots by appointment.
The website is: https://bit.ly/3q45Noe.
Providers are listed on this website by city and county, with telephone numbers and links to individual store websites and waiting list sign-ups. The Health Department site asks: "Please only contact one provider."
• An ADH covid-19 call center at (800) 803-7847, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays, offering information related to the coronavirus disease iteself. Or email questions to ADH.CoronaVirus@arkansas.gov.