How To Make A Vaccination Appointment Online In Iredell County

IREDELL COUNTY, NC — Accessing a coronavirus vaccine in Iredell County will soon get a bit easier. After numerous first-come, first-service vaccination events, the Iredell County Health Department will begin accepting appointments for vaccination clinics beginning the week of March 8.

"This appointment system will allow residents to personally secure their spot for receiving the vaccine," ICHD said in a statement Monday afternoon. "Remember, there will be rough vaccine for everyone to get their shot, as it becomes more readily available."

Appointments must be made online, and may be booked by friends or family if a patient doesn't have access to the internet, ICHD said.

How To Make An Appointment

• Beginning the week of March 8, appointment's may be made through ICHD's COVID-19 Vaccination Website, which may be found here.
• Once in the online appointment system, select your date in the table for a first dose clinic.
• Then click the “schedule appointment” link in the table.
• If appointments are available, select the time slot you would like.
• Create a new Novel Health account using your preferred email address, or log into an existing account.
• Confirm your contact and appointment information is correct.
• Click the “Book Appointment” button.
• Complete and print the registration form on the Health Department website and bring it with you to your appointment.
• Do not arrive at the Vaccination Site more than 15 minutes before your scheduled appointment time.

Who Is Eligible

In order to make an appointment through the system, residents must meet eligibility requirements that go into effect March 10, which includes:

• Healthcare workers and long-term care staff and residents
• Adults aged 65 and up
• K-12 school staff, child care providers and frontline essential workers at high-risk of exposure. Those workers include:
• Workers manufacturing medical supplies or products needed for food and agricultural supply chains
• College and university instructors and support staff
• Workers in stores that sell groceries and medicine
• Meat packing workers
• Food processing workers
• Farm workers
• Migrant farm/fishery workers
• Restaurant workers
• U.S. Postal service and other shipping workers
• Court workers
• Elected officials
• Clergy
• Homeless shelter staff
• Veterinarians
• Public health workers
• Social workers
• Firefighters and EMS
• Law enforcement
• Corrections workers
• Security officers
• Public transit workers
• DMV workers
• Workers supporting highway infrastructure

More information about Group 3 eligibility in North Carolina may be found here.

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