Tulsa Health Dept. Adding More Locations To Receive The COVID-19 Vaccine

The Tulsa Health Department is creating three new vaccination sites, starting Monday April 5th. 

THD said between 1,700 and 1,800 people are getting a vaccine shot daily at the Expo.

They said since December THD has vaccinated 91,000 people, but their goal now is to move out of the Expo and give people other options. 

“All of the individuals for the previous three weeks that got their first doses will come back and receive their second doses at the pavilion. Once those are completed by April 21st, I believe is the last day of operations that we will have at expo then all of our new available appointments and second doses will all be done at the THD expanded locations," said Alicia Etgen, Emergency Preparedness and Response Program Manager.

The new locations will be The James Goodwin Health Center, Central Regional Health Center and the North Regional Health and Wellness Center. Plus 330 other providers are currently giving the vaccine in Tulsa County which means you don't have to go through THD to get the shot. They still aren't sure if this is a vaccine people need to get every year. 

“The current vaccine how long that will keep people immune and keep people safe and we won’t know that until some time goes by because we have to decide is this an annual vaccine is this a bi-annual or whatever and it’s going to be based on the immune response," said Dr. Bruce Dart.

The health department said as of Wednesday there are around 1,400 16 or 17-year-olds who have gotten the vaccine in Tulsa County.