State resources aid in getting shots

FILE - This April 15, 2021, file photo syringes filled with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are shown at the Christine E. Lynn Rehabilitation center in Jackson Memorial hospital in Miami. With vaccination rates lagging in red states, Republican leaders have begun stepping up efforts to persuade their supporters to get the shot, at times combating misinformation spread by some of their own.  (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
FILE - This April 15, 2021, file photo syringes filled with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are shown at the Christine E. Lynn Rehabilitation center in Jackson Memorial hospital in Miami. With vaccination rates lagging in red states, Republican leaders have begun stepping up efforts to persuade their supporters to get the shot, at times combating misinformation spread by some of their own. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

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.

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