All people in Connecticut 16 and older are now eligible to receive Covid-19 vaccinations starting April 5.
Gov. Ned Lamont announced that accelerated schedule in response to President Joe Biden’s call for states to vaccinate people faster — and the president’s promise of increased supplies with which to vaccinate.
Currently, people aged 55 or older are eligible for vaccination in Connecticut, along with healthcare workers, medical first-responders, staffers and residents at long-term care and congregate facilities, and pre-K-12 school staffers and childcare providers. People over 45 become eligible on March 19 (by coincidence the same date that Lamont is allowing stores, gyms, offices, houses of worships and other establishments to resume operating indoors at full capacity).
“Based on our discussions with the federal government regarding vaccine allocation, we anticipate receiving more than 200,000 first doses per week by early April. This allotment, combined with our state’s strong execution over the past several weeks, allows Connecticut to significantly accelerate the schedule so that we can equitably and efficiently vaccinate as many residents as possible,” Lamont stated in a release issued Monday afternoon.
“It’s still going to take some time to get the vaccine to everyone who wants it and I urge patience to the greatest extent possible, but over these next several weeks I anticipate that we will have an opportunity to considerably increase the amount administered each day.”
See below for information on where and how to schedule an appointment to get vaccinated.
Yale New Haven Health System: Visit the website here or call 833-ASK-YNHH
Cornell Scott Hill Health Center: Visit the website here or call 203 – 503-3000
Fair Haven Community Health Care: Visit the website here or call 203 – 871-4179
Walgreens (436 Whalley Ave., 88 York St., or 87 Foxon St.): Visit the website here or call (203) 777‑8001 for 436 Whalley Ave.: ; (203) 752‑9893 for 88 York St.; or (203) 469‑3016 for 87 Foxon St.
Walmart (315 Foxon Blvd.) Visit the website here
Just because you become eligible to make an appointment doesn't mean you'll get one right away. When I became eligible it took me two weeks to even find an appointment. But the week after that I heard it became a lot easier to get an appointment. Keep trying back on the websites everyday and call every day to see if someone cancelled an appointment or if your preferred site got more doses of the vaccine. Eventually the bottleneck will loosen up, especially as more locations like drugstores and stores like Walmart that have pharmacies are doing vaccine clinics.