Unvaccinated D.C. Residents Can Now Get The Shot At Home, NPR

NPR, Aug. 13, 2021.

Many unvaccinated D.C. residents now have a new, convenient option for getting their COVID-19 shots: Calling DC Health at (855) 363-0333 and getting vaccinated at home.

Since April, DC Health has provided homebound residents with the option of calling that number to get the vaccine administered to them at home. But now the program is available to all residents who want the vaccine.

Patrick Ashley, who leads DC Health's emergency preparedness response, confirmed on Twitter Thursday that the city had made the option of booking a home vaccine appointment available to all unvaccinated residents. "Don't have to be homebound in DC (recently changed)," Ashley wrote. "Just give us a call and we'll come!"

DCist/WAMU has reached out to DC Health to ask whether it plans to publicize the availability of this program and what kind of capacity it offers; there has not been an official press release or announcement of its expansion. "Yes, there are plans to inform residents [about the program]," a spokesperson for DC Health said in an email to DCist/WAMU, but did not elaborate on what those plans include. ~

https://www.npr.org/local/305/2021/08/13/1027383265/unvaccinated-d-c-residents-can-now-get-the-shot-at-home