March 12, 2021

Kalamazoo County Health And Community Services Expands Vaccine Eligibility And Scheduling Plan

Adults age 50 and older now include anyone age 50 or older with or without a medical condition.

The health department will no longer have a pre-registration waitlist form for this newly eligible age group. Rather, beginning on March 15, every Monday the health department will release available vaccination appointments for the following week. Eligible adults should visit the health department’s website, www.kalcounty.com/covid19vaccine.

Vaccine appointments will be posted on the website directly when appointments become available for self-scheduling. This new process will operate on a first come, first serve basis. If no appointments are shown, then no appointments are available for self-scheduling that week. People with limited internet access are encouraged to call the COVID-19 Call Center at 269-373-5200 for assistance in scheduling an appointment. Please reserve the option of calling for those who cannot access the website. Caregivers of individuals with special needs include: caregiver family members and guardians age 16 and over of children with special healthcare needs, including physical, developmental, mental, sensory, behavioral, cognitive, or emotional impairment or limiting condition that requires medical management, healthcare intervention and/or use of specialized services or programs. The condition may be congenital developmental, or acquired through disease, trauma, or environmental cause and may impose limitations in performing daily self-maintenance activities or substantial limitations in a major life activity.

Caregivers of individuals with special needs can now pre-register on the waitlist form at www.kalcounty.com/covid19vaccine.

Adults over the age of 65 and living in Kalamazoo County will continue to be prioritized for vaccination, if they have not already received it. The health department will reserve special appointment slots at upcoming clinics so those over the age of 65 may have assurance that they will continue to receive opportunities for vaccination. If you are in the 65 and older and have not yet received the COVID-19 vaccine and wish to do so, call the health department’s COVID-19 Call Center at 269-373-5200.

All eligible residents are also encouraged to explore vaccination through other vaccine providers in the area, including Meijer Pharmacy and Rite Aid Pharmacies.

More information about the process for vaccination in Kalamazoo County can be found at www.kalcounty.com/covid19 and www.Michigan.gov/COVIDVaccine.