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COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Coming to Seguin

Guadalupe Regional Medical Center, Guadalupe County, and the City of Seguin are partnering together to host a series of COVID-19 vaccine clinics this week. Texas Department of State Health Services has allocated 5,000 Moderna vaccine doses to our community. 

COVID-19 vaccines will be administered free of charge at the Seguin Coliseum, located at 950 S. Austin Street in Seguin, from 9 am to 5 pm on Wednesday February 3rd , Thursday February 4th, and Friday February 5th. 

The COVID-19 vaccines will be distributed to individuals, per State guidelines, who fall under phases 1A and 1B. These are the only populations currently eligible to be vaccinated at this time. 

Phase 1A recipients include: 

  • Front-line hospital workers 
  • Long-term care staff (including custodial and food service staff)
  • Emergency response personnel
  • Home health workers
  • Residents of long-term care facilities

Phase 1B recipients include: 

  • People 65 years of age and older 
  • People 18 years and older with at least one chronic medical condition that puts them at increased risk for severe illness from the virus that causes COVID-19, including but not limited to:
    • Cancer
    • Chronic kidney disease
    • COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
    • Heart conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease or cardiomyopathies
    • Solid organ transplantation
    • Obesity and severe obesity (body mass index of 30 kg/m2 or higher)
    • Pregnancy
    • Sickle cell disease
    • Type 2 diabetes mellitus

People who are allergic to a component of the vaccine, had any vaccine in the past 14 days, or had a monoclonal antibody infusion or convalescent plasma the past 90 days are ineligible for the vaccine. 

How to Register for an Appointment
Appointments are required and can be made beginning at 9:00 am on Tuesday February 2, 2021 by registering online at a link which will be published at http://www.Seguintexas.gov/covidvaccine and http://www.co.guadalupe.tx.us or by calling the Guadalupe County COVID-19 Vaccine Call Center at 830-303-9701. 

The link will be published and registration open at 9 am on Tuesday, February 2nd. Walk-ins will not be accepted. Those with appointments are required to bring a driver’s license or other form of photo identification with them to the clinic. Please do not arrive more than 10 minutes prior to your appointment so that we may maintain social distancing. 

If you are unable get an appointment at the vaccine clinics at the Seguin Coliseum, you can also try securing an appointment at another area vaccine clinic happening this week. The City of Schertz is conducting a COVID-19 vaccine clinic from 8 am to 5 pm on Thursday, February 4 for 1A and 1B recipients at the Schertz Civic Center at 1400 Schertz Pkwy in Schertz. To register for this location, visit Schertz.com/covidvaccine or call the Schertz COVID-19 Vaccine Hotline at (210) 619-1990. 

Receive Notifications About Upcoming Vaccine Clinics
Additional clinics in Seguin will be announced as more vaccine becomes available. Citizens are encouraged to sign up through the Regional Emergency Alert Network to receive notifications about upcoming clinic sites at https://bit.ly/COVID-19VaccineNotify. For assistance with registering for the notifications, call 830-386-2219. 

*NOTE: This is not a vaccine sign-up. 

For more information, call 830-303-9701 or email COVID19@co.guadalupe.tx.us for questions. 

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