COVID-19 Vaccine

Eligible New Yorkers in Phase 1a and 1b are:

• Individuals Age 65 and older who reside in New York
• First Responder or Support Staff for First Responder Agency
• Fire
  • State Fire Service, including firefighters and investigators (professional and volunteer)
  • Local Fire Service, including firefighters and investigators (professional and volunteer)
• Police and Investigations
  • State Police, including Troopers
  • State Park Police, DEC Police, Forest Rangers
  • SUNY Police
  • Sheriffs’ Offices
  • County Police Departments and Police Districts
  • City, Town, and Village Police Departments
  • Transit of other Public Authority Police Departments
  • State Field Investigations, including DMV, SCOC, Justice Center, DFS, IG, Tax, OCFS, SLA
• Public Safety Communications
  • Emergency Communication and PSAP Personnel, including dispatchers and technicians
• Other Sworn and Civilian Personnel
  • Court Officer
  • Other Police or Peace Officer
  • Support or Civilian Staff for Any of the Above Services, Agencies, or Facilities
• Corrections
  • State DOCCS Personnel, including correction and parole officers
  • Local Correctional Facilities, including correction officers
  • Local Probation Departments, including probation officers
  • State Juvenile Detention and Rehabilitation Facilities
  • Local Juvenile Detention and Rehabilitation Facilities
• P-12 Schools
  • P-12 school (public or non-public) or school district faculty or staff (includes all teachers, substitute teachers, student teachers, school administrators, paraprofessional staff, and support staff including bus drivers)
  • Contractor working in a P-12 school or school district (including contracted bus drivers)
  • Licensed, registered, approved or legally exempt group childcare
• In-person college faculty and instructors
• Employees or Support Staff of licensed, registered, approved or legally exempt group Childcare Setting
• Licensed, registered, approved or legally exempt group Childcare Provider
• Public Transit
  • Airline and airport employee
  • Passenger railroad employee
  • Subway and mass transit employee (i.e., MTA, LIRR, Metro North, NYC Transit, Upstate transit)
  • Ferry employee
  • Port Authority employee
  • Public bus employee
• Public facing grocery store workers, including convenience store and bodega workers
• Individual living in a homeless shelter where sleeping, bathing or eating accommodations must be shared with individuals and families who are not part of your household
• Individual working (paid or unpaid) in a homeless shelter where sleeping, bathing or eating accommodations must be shared by individuals and families who are not part of the same household, in a position where there is potential for interaction with shelter residents
• High-risk hospital and FQHC staff, including OMH psychiatric centers
• Health care or other high-risk essential staff who come into contact with residents/patients working in LTCFs and long-term, congregate settings overseen by OPWDD, OMH, OCFS, OTDA and OASAS, and residents in congregate living situations, overseen or funded by the OPWDD, OMH, OCFS, OTDA and OASAS
• Certified NYS EMS provider, including but not limited to Certified First Responder, Emergency Medical Technician, Advanced Emergency Medical Technician, Emergency Medical Technician – Critical Care, Paramedic, Ambulance Emergency Vehicle Operator, or Non-Certified Ambulance Assistant
• County Coroner or Medical Examiner, or employer or contractor thereof who is exposed to infectious material or bodily fluids
• Licensed funeral director, or owner, operator, employee, or contractor of a funeral firm licensed and registered in New York State, who is exposed to infectious material or bodily fluids
• Staff of urgent care provider
• Staff who administer COVID-19 vaccine
• All Outpatient/Ambulatory front-line, high-risk health care workers of any age who provide direct in-person patient care, or other staff in a position in which they have direct contact with patients (i.e., intake staff)
• All front-line, high-risk public health workers who have direct contact with patients, including those conducting COVID-19 tests, handling COVID-19 specimens and COVID-19 vaccinations
• Home care workers and aides, hospice workers, personal care aides, and consumer-directed personal care workers
• Staff and residents of nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, and adult care facilities
• Restaurant workers*
• Restaurant delivery drivers*
• For-hire vehicle drivers*

*Eligible for vaccination at State-operated mass vaccination sites, and, at the option of local health departments (LHDs) at LHD-operated point of distribution sites.

Beginning February 15, 2021:

Adult New Yorkers of any age with the following conditions qualify for the vaccine:

• Cancer (current or in remission, including 9/11-related cancers)
• Chronic kidney disease
• Pulmonary Disease, including but not limited to, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), asthma (moderate-to-severe), pulmonary fibrosis, cystic fibrosis, and 9/11 related pulmonary diseases
• Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities including Down Syndrome
• Heart conditions, including but not limited to heart failure, coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathies, or hypertension (high blood pressure)
• Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) including but not limited to solid organ transplant or from blood or bone marrow transplant, immune deficiencies, HIV, use of corticosteroids, use of other immune weakening medicines, or other causes
• Severe Obesity (BMI 40 kg/m2), Obesity (body mass index [BMI] of 30 kg/m2 or higher but < 40 kg/m2)
• Pregnancy
• Sickle cell disease or Thalassemia
• Type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus
• Cerebrovascular disease (affects blood vessels and blood supply to the brain)
• Neurologic conditions including but not limited to Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia
• Liver disease

The list is subject to change as additional scientific evidence is published and as New York State obtains and analyzes additional state-specific data.

The Am I Eligible app is the quickest way to see if you’re eligible and make an appointment. You can also call the New York State COVID-19 Vaccination Hotline at 1-833-NYS-4-VAX (1-833-697-4829). Once you have successfully scheduled an appointment, you will receive a confirmation email that contains a barcode. You will need to bring this to your appointment.

Unfortunately, we do not get advance notice of when we can expect our next shipment of the COVID-19 Vaccine. We are unable to pre-book appointments and currently do not offer a waiting list due to the unknown quantity of vaccine we will be receiving in the immediate future.

We are currently supplied with the Moderna Vaccine. For more information about the Moderna Vaccine, please review our Moderna Fact Sheet.

YES – any New York State resident can receive the vaccine in any county as long as they meet the criteria of the current phase issued by the New York State Department of Health.

YES – Individuals being vaccinated must produce current proof of eligibility. Such proof may include:

• Employee ID card
• Letter from an employer or affiliated organization
• Pay stub, depending on the specific priority status
• Proof of date of birth, if eligibility determined by age

Our Oneida Health Clinic is located at 607 Seneca Street (upper level/circle driveway) in Oneida.

You must have an appointment to be vaccinated – no walk-ins.

To determine if you should get the vaccine, please consider using our pre-screening tool. This tool will help you determine if you should proceed or delay getting the vaccine at this time.

Life threatening reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine are uncommon. If you are having any of the following reactions, please go to the emergency room or call 911.

To determine if you should get the vaccine, please consider using our pre-screening tool. This tool will help you determine if you should proceed or delay getting the vaccine at this time.

New York State offers an after vaccination health checker – V-Safe.

V-safe is a smartphone-based tool that uses text messaging and web surveys to provide personalized health check-ins after you receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Through v-safe, you can quickly tell CDC if you have any side effects after getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Depending on your answers, someone from CDC may call to check on you. And v-safe will remind you to get your second COVID-19 vaccine dose if you need one.

Your participation in CDC’s v-safe makes a difference — it helps keep COVID-19 vaccines safe.

If you have a history of severe allergic reactions or anaphylaxis, it is essential to discuss this with your provider or pharmacist whenever you receive any vaccine. Additional monitoring will be required after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.

Both the Moderna and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines should be administered alone with a minimum interval of 14 days before or after administration of any other vaccines.

You can sign up for COVID and Vaccine Updates from the New York State Department of Health.

Beginning January 19, the Madison County Office for the Aging will have a designated phone line to help seniors with vaccine questions and to aid those needing assistance registering for the vaccine when it comes available in Madison County.

Madison County Phone number – 315-606-5080

24/7 New York State Call Center

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Vaccine: 833-697-4829 (833 NYS 4 VAX)

COVID Hotline: 888-364-3065

COVID Alert NY App: 833-227-5045