COVID vaccine appointments still available for next week in Dayton

Coronavirus vaccine appointments are still available for next week in Dayton.

Public Health - Dayton & Montgomery County is having clinics at the Dayton Convention Center on Wednesday and Thursday.

Online registration is full for the Wednesday clinic, but is still open for the Thursday clinic. Phone registration is available for both clinics.

To register, visit https://www.phdmc.org/coronavirus-updates/439-covid-19-vaccination-information or call 937-225-6217.

The vaccine clinics will be at the Dayton Convention Center, 22 E. Fifth St., from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday. Free parking will be available at the Dayton Transportation Center.

Montgomery County residents ages 65 and older are eligible to receive the vaccine, as well as residents ages 16 and older with one of the following severe congenital, developmental or early-onset disorders:

  • Cerebral palsy
  • Spina bifida
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Sickle cell anemia
  • Alpha and beta thalassemia
  • Solid organ transplant patients
  • Down syndrome
  • Fragile X syndrome
  • Prader-Willi syndrome
  • Turner syndrome
  • Muscular dystrophy
  • Epilepsy
  • Hydrocephaly
  • Microcephaly
  • Phenylketonuria

Vaccination is also available to patients with the following conditions if hospitalization was required in the last year:

  • Congenital heart disease
  • Type 1 diabetes
  • Lung disease
  • Asthma

Patients will be required to confirm their eligibility and show proof of age and Montgomery County residency.

Anyone with one of the conditions listed above who also has an intellectual or developmental disability should contact their local board of developmental disabilities about being vaccinated.

Patients needing mobility assistance can be accompanied by someone, but only those eligible for the vaccine and with an appointment will be vaccinated.

For more information on vaccine providers in Montgomery County, visit https://www.phdmc.org/coronavirus-updates/439-covid-19-vaccination-information.

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