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Youngstown health department offers COVID-19 vaccine booster shots

By Mahoning Matters staff
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YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown City Health District is offering Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shots at various locations across the city.

Walk-ins are welcome at all clinics. Recipients need to have received the Pfizer vaccine previously. Here's who is eligible:

  • People age 65 and older;
  • People age 50 to 64 with underlying medical conditions;
  • Residents age 18 or older in long-term care settings;
  • People age 18 to 49 with medical conditions;
  • Employees and residents age 18 and older at increased risk for COVID-19 exposure (schools, health care, corrections facilities, homeless shelters);
  • Frontline essential workers including first responders (health care workers, firefighters, police, congregate care staff), education staff, food and agriculture workers, manufacturing workers, corrections workers, U.S. Postal workers, public transit workers, grocery store workers.

The health department will have clinics at various libraries across the city on Tuesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 6:15 p.m.

Upcoming clinics include:

  • Oct. 12: East Library, 430 Early Road;
  • Oct. 19: Newport Library, 3730 Market St.;
  • Oct. 26: Michael Kusalaba Library, 2815 Mahoning Ave.;
  • Nov. 2: Brownlee Woods, 4010 Sheridan Road.

There will be clinics at the Eugenia Atkinson Recreation Center, 903 Otis St., from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays.

All appointments can be scheduled here, or call 330-502-4276.

In addition to Pfizer boosters, the health department will also offer first doses of the Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer vaccines.

Flu shots will be offered at all locations for free with an insurance card, or $25 without insurance.

This story was originally published October 7, 2021 at 4:45 AM with the headline "Youngstown health department offers COVID-19 vaccine booster shots."