UAB Will Open 3 Coronavirus Vaccination Sites In Birmingham Area

BIRMINGHAM, AL — As the COVID-19 vaccine rolls out according to the state distribution plan, UAB looks to open some appointment-only vaccine sites throughout the Birmingham area.

UAB announced Friday that it will soon offer three appointment-only COVID-19 vaccination sites in Jefferson County with new locations at Parker High School and the Hoover Met joining the current downtown UAB Hospital-Highlands site as community vaccination locations.

The Highlands drive-through location has been vaccinating UAB patients 75 and older since it launched on Jan. 18 and will also welcome patients from Cooper Green Mercy Health Services. The Hoover Met drive-through location is scheduled to begin vaccinating those 75 and older on Tuesday, Feb. 2. The details on the Parker High School location opening and site logistics will be announced soon.

At this time, all UAB and Cooper Green patients age 65 and older can request their vaccination appointment online at uabmedicinevaccine.org; invitations will then be sent to patients from Phreesia to confirm appointment locations and times. Non-UAB patients who are eligible for vaccination can visit the Jefferson County Vaccine Call Center online at www.jeffcoema.org and click on the green button to self-register to receive information about obtaining the vaccine. Names and contact information will then be provided by the Jefferson County Vaccine Call Center to UAB, and UAB personnel will make contact and schedule appointments at one of the three locations.

Gov. Kay Ivey Friday announced that Alabama residents age 65-74 are among a new group that will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Feb. 8. he new group eligible includes people 65 or older, and additional groups of frontline workers, including:

• First responders
• Corrections officers
• Food and agriculture workers
• U.S. Postal Service workers
• Manufacturing workers
• Grocery store workers
• Public transit workers
• People who work in the education sector (teachers, support staff, community college and higher education)Childcare workers
• Judiciary (including but not limited to) circuit judges, district judges and district attorneys