Joplin Health Dept. offers vaccination clinic as Phase 2 opens in Missouri

The City of Joplin Health Department will offer an opportunity to receive the Covid vaccination on Tuesday, March 30. Health Department staff will offer 200 first-dose Moderna vaccines from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. to those adults eligible according to Missouri’s Covid-19 Vaccination Plan.

These appointments will be on the campus of Missouri Southern State University. ALL individuals MUST have an appointment to receive a vaccine.

This clinic is open to individuals 18 years old and above who are in the Phase 1 category and the newly opened Phase 2 category.  Phase 2 includes adults who are in the following sectors:

• Chemical Sector
• Commercial Facilities Sector
• Critical Manufacturing Sector
• Defense Industrial Base Sector
• Financial Services Sector
• Food & Agriculture Sector 2
• Government
• Higher Education
• Disproportionately Affected
• Homeless

All Missourian adults become eligible on April 9. For details of the Priority Phases, visit the State’s website at https://covidvaccine.mo.gov/priority/.

To schedule an appointment for this indoor vaccine clinic, go to the scheduling tool found on the City’s website at www.joplinmo.org/coronavirus . For those without computer access, please call 417-623-4973.

This walk-up indoor vaccination clinic will be held on the Missouri Southern State University campus in the FEMA storm shelter. The address is 1012 N. International Avenue, Joplin, MO 64801.  Parking for the clinic will be in the parking lot to the west of the building and can be accessed by entering the Criminal Justice parking lot from Newman Road.

Once an individual schedules an appointment, they will receive a confirmation email with more details about their appointment. Only those people who have an appointment for the clinic will receive the vaccine.  Individuals who come to Missouri Southern State University and do not have an appointment will be turned away.

For information on city of Joplin vaccinations, visit the dity’s website at https://www.joplinmo.org/list.aspx .