Alabama’s most populous province has introduced an online registration form where residents of the province can sign up to be notified when they are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and how to schedule an appointment.
You can sign up here.
The link is posted to the Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency’s website and asks respondents several questions, including their age, whether they have conditions and under what category their work falls.
“Once submitted, we will review your information and determine which phase of vaccine distribution is most appropriate for your situation,” the form reads. “If you are determined to be within a phase that currently provides the vaccine, someone from the Jefferson County Department of Health will contact you who will provide additional information on how to plan the vaccination.”
The Jefferson County EMA and the Jefferson County Department of Health scheduled a press conference Monday at 3 p.m. to provide more details on vaccine vaccinations in Jefferson County.
Jefferson County is home to Birmingham, the largest city in Alabama, and several major medical centers, including the University of Alabama in Birmingham Hospital, St. Vincent’s and Children of Alabama.
Currently, Jefferson County only vaccinates frontline health workers and some emergencies, but the state will begin offering the COVID vaccine to anyone over the age of 75 and more categories of essential workers on January 18th.
The Jefferson County EMA and the Department of Health are also hosting a vaccination hotline at 205-858-2221.
Jefferson County residents can text 888-777 with the message INFOJEFFCO to sign up for the COVID-19 vaccine updates.
The Alabama Department of Public Health has also launched a live vaccine information hotline that, according to ADPH, received more than 1.1 million calls on its first day of operation. The number is 1-855-566-5333.
ADPH asks people not to call their local hospitals directly to make an appointment to receive the vaccine, saying that hospitals across the state have been “overwhelmed” by calls from people asking about the vaccine, and this is disrupting other operations in the hospital.