Salt Lake County to receive updated COVID-19 vaccines soon

The Salt Lake County Health Department expects to receive its first shipment of the updated COVID-19 vaccine this week.

Local pharmacies have already received shipments of the new vaccine, so individuals who want to schedule immunizations now can do so through providers such as CVS or Walgreens, Salt Lake County Health department spokesperson Nicholas Rupp said Tuesday.

The new vaccine will more closely target COVID-19′s omicron variant, and will restore protections against severe cases of COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The county health department advises that everyone 6 months and older should receive the updated vaccine this fall, as long as it’s been at least 2 months since their last dose was received.

“The manufacturer and the shipping — it’s not definite,” Rupp said of the vaccine’s expected Salt Lake County arrival. “They’ve told us to expect it this week, but we are prepared that it may be next week.”

Rupp said the county health department will announce on its website when individuals can schedule vaccine appointments with the agency. Those who want to schedule an appointment will need to do so over the phone.

Vaccinations will be billed to individuals’ health insurance, but those without insurance will receive their dose free of charge, Rupp said.

Rupp also encouraged individuals to get their flu and RSV vaccines this fall, if eligible. The RSV vaccine is new this year, but is limited to pregnant people, people 60 years or older, and infants 8 months old or younger.

The county health department does not have doses of the RSV vaccine, but Rupp said eligible individuals can contact their health care provider about the immunization.

“They’re approved for simultaneous administration by the CDC,” Rupp said. “But that’s a decision that you’ll want to make individually based on your response to say, the COVID vaccine or the influenza vaccine — the flu shot — in previous years. If you tended to see more severe side effects ... you may want to spread them out a little bit.”

The Utah Department of Health and Human Services did not immediately respond to a request for more information about statewide COVID vaccine availability.



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