Annual flu shots and COVID-19 vaccine booster walk-in clinics begin October 5
October 5, Veterans Memorial Hospital Community and Home Care/Allamakee County Public Health will begin to offer their annual Flu Shot Clinics. The new COVID-19 vaccine booster for the variant strains will also be offered, as well as the primary (first and second doses) of the COVID-19 vaccine.
These walk-in clinics will begin Wednesday, October 5 from 9-11:30 a.m. in the ICN room located on the west side of the hospital, next to the Gundersen Clinic. Parking will be available right outside that entrance, marked with orange cones. Additional flu shot and COVID-19 vaccine clinics will follow at the same time each Wednesday including October 12, October 19, October 26 and November 2.
Vaccination clinics have also been added all around Allamakee County this fall in addition to the walk-in clinics at the hospital. The schedule for these walk-in clinics is as follows:
• Tuesday, October 11 from 1-3 p.m. - Harpers Ferry (location to be determined)
• Friday, October 14 from 1-3:30 p.m. - New Albin Townhouse
• Friday, October 21 from 9-12 Noon - Lansing Immaculate Conception Church
• Tuesday, October 25 from 2-4 p.m. - Waterville (location to be determined)
• Monday, November 7 from 1-4 p.m. - Postville Northeast Iowa Wellness Center.
In addition, appointments can be made in the Community and Home Care agency on the third floor of the hospital Wednesday afternoons the following dates: October 5, 12, 19, 26, November 2. Again, these vaccination clinics are by appointment only.
Veterans Memorial Hospital Community and Home Care will carry quadrivalent flu vaccine as well as high dose flu vaccine, Pfizer and Moderna vaccines (including Bivalent) as long as supplies last.
They will bill Medicare and private insurances. Participants are asked to bring Medicare and insurance cards along to these clinics. Private pay for quadrivalent vaccine is $35.00 and $70.00 for high dose vaccine. Those planning to receive a COVID vaccine booster should bring their vaccination card with them.
For more information, call Veterans Memorial Hospital Allamakee County Public Health at 563-568-5660.
