The Vaccinate Lancaster Coalition announced that the Lancaster County Community Vaccination Center will permanently close on Wednesday, June 30. This vaccination center has administered more than 225,000 COVID-19 vaccines since opening on March 10.
The center, located at the former Bon-Ton department store in Park City Center in Lancaster, is currently operating on Mondays through Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Those seeking a vaccine can schedule online at http://www.vaccinatelancaster.org, call 717-588-1020, or walk in.
Vaccinate Lancaster staff will continue to offer the option of either the one-dose Johnson & Johnson Janssen vaccine for individuals age 18 and older or the two-dose Pfizer BioNTech vaccine for individuals age 12 and older. Starting June 10, individuals who received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine will be referred to community partners for their second-dose shot. It is recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that the second-dose Pfizer shot be administered between 21 and 42 days from the first dose.
Community members who have a second-dose Pfizer vaccine scheduled on Thursday, July 1, or later will be referred to their choice of care locations at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, Penn State Health, UPMC, or WellSpan Health. To schedule a second-dose appointment after June 30, patients will have several options.
To schedule for a Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health care location, visit http://www.mylghealth.org or call 717-588-1165. The phone line will be staffed on Mondays through Thursdays from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Fridays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon.
For a Penn State Health location, visit https://vaccine-scheduler.pennstatehealth.org or call 844-774-8883 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on weekdays. Vaccines are available by appointment at several dedicated Penn State Health vaccination sites, including 2400 Bernville Road, Reading, and 30 E. Granada Ave., No. 200, Hershey.
For a UPMC care location, visit http://vaccine.upmc.com or call 844-876-2822 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., seven days a week. To schedule in Spanish, call 833-660-2416 and press 1.
For a WellSpan Health care location, call 855-851-3641 on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon. WellSpan also will offer walk-in Pfizer vaccinations from noon to 3 p.m. on several days and at various locations: WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital, 169 Martin Ave., Ephrata, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital, 252 S. Fourth St., Lebanon, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays; York County Community Vaccination Site, 351 Loucks Road, York, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays; and WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital, 147 Gettys St., Gettysburg, on Wednesdays and Fridays.
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