Additional Walk-In Flu Shot and COVID Vaccine Booster Walk-In Clinic added; Will be final Walk-In Clinic to be offered

Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) Community and Home Care/Allamakee County Public Health has added one additional walk-in flu and COVID vaccine booster clinic now scheduled for Wednesday, November 16. Flu shots are offered as well as the new COVID vaccine booster for the variant strains, along with the primary (first and second doses) of the COVID vaccine.

The final walk-in clinics will be held the next two Wednesdays through November 16, from 9-11:30 a.m. in the ICN room located on the west side of the hospital, next to the Gundersen Clinic. Parking is available right outside that entrance, marked with orange cones.

In addition, appointments can be made in the Community and Home Care agency on the third floor of the hospital Wednesday afternoons.  Again, these vaccination clinics on the third floor are by appointment only.

Veterans Memorial Hospital Community and Home Care carries 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. Be sure to bring Medicare and insurance cards along to these clinics. Private pay for quadrivalent vaccine is $35 and $70 for High dose vaccine. Those planning to receive a COVID vaccine booster should be sure to bring their vaccination card.

For more information or to make an appointment, call Veterans Memorial Hospital Allamakee Public Health at 563-568-5660.