UPDATE: Registration filled for COVID vaccination events in Graham and at PLU
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department is set to distribute the newly approved Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at an event this week in Graham.
Registration filled Thursday for the Saturday (March 13) drive-thru event. Participants must be in Phase 1A or 1B Tier 1.
An additional walk-up event was also added for March 12 at Pacific Lutheran University, Olson Auditorium from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., offering Moderna vaccine. (Participants must be in Phase 1A or 1B Tier 1.) That event was filled as of 6 p.m. Thursday.
Unlike the Pfizer and Moderna versions of the vaccine, which require two doses given a few weeks apart, Johnson & Johnson is offered in a single dose. It received emergency use authorization from the FDA last month.
“This is a one-and-done event! We’ll administer Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which only requires one dose. That means you won’t need to return several weeks later for a booster,” the department noted in its announcement of the Graham event on its Twitter feed.
You can sign up for future notifications of events at tpchd.org/notify. The health department does not send direct registration links to subscribers of this list; it is only for advance notifications.
This story was originally published March 10, 2021 at 4:28 PM.
