COVID Vaccine

If you have not yet done so, schedule your vaccination at vaccinate.dc.gov. Details here. 

When you receive your first dose, the location will ask you to schedule your second appointment at that time. If you were not offered an opportunity to schedule a second vaccination, go to https://coronavirus.dc.gov/page/second-dose-information and use that link to contact your location to schedule your second appointment.

If your account or email is being locked out or the application will not complete with your email address, use another email address to try and schedule your appointment. You can also wait 24 hours and try again with the first address.

Mirroring the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations, the District will vaccinate the population in three phases.

1.A. Persons serving in a healthcare setting who have potential exposure to patients or infected materials, and who cannot work from home.

1.B.1 Group homes, homeless shelters, jail workers

1.B.2. Inmates, law enforcement, k-12 school staff, childcare staff, grocery workers

1.B.3. Court staff, mass transit workers, manufacturing workers, USPS

1.C.1. Adults with chronic health conditions, in-person local government and utility workers, property management workers

1.C.2. Rideshare drivers, delivery workers, media who work in person

1.C.3. Higher education employees, construction workers, essential IT workers, essential federal workers

2. The remainder of the population

What does this mean for you and your staff? Very basically, if you work in a healthcare setting, you would be considered a Phase 1 priority especially if you come into contact with potentially-infected patients. See more detailed timelines in the questions below.

DC Health has a three step process to register as a vaccine provider. First you must complete the CDC's COVID-19 Vaccine Agreement (click here). Follow DC Health's steps to complete your registration - see here. At this time we do not know when DC Health will begin permitting physician practices to distribute vaccine to patients.

The CDC ACIP interim recommendations suggest a staggered approach to vaccinating your healthcare workforce staff. So you do not vaccinate an entire department on the same day, in case they have a concurrent immune response creating a workforce availability tension.

DC Health is asking physicians to record a video about why you are getting the vaccine. You can read instructions here.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY RESIDENT: For those residing in Montgomery County, you can sign up for COVID-19 vaccine updates and information on scheduling with the link below:
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/covid19/vaccine/

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY RESIDENT For those residing in Prince George’s County, you can sign up for COVID-19 vaccine updates and information on scheduling with the link below:
https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/3730/COVID-19-Vaccination

MARYLAND RESIDENT Please access this link for scheduling. There may be no vaccine available at times but please check the site regularly.
https://www.marylandvax.org/

WASHINGTON, DC RESIDENT: For those residing in Washington, DC, please access:
https://vaccinate.dc.gov/

ALEXANDRIA COUNTY RESIDENT Please access the link below for information and scheduling:
https://www.alexandriava.gov/health/info/default.aspx?id=119270

FAIRFAX COUNTY RESIDENT Please access the link below for information and scheduling:
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/health/novel-coronavirus/vaccine/registration

ARLINGTON COUNTY RESIDENT Please access the link below for information and scheduling:
https://www.arlingtonva.us/covid-19/vaccines/

VIRGINIA Please access the link below for information and scheduling:
https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/covid-19-vaccine/