More COVID vaccine clinics added in Yonkers. Here's when and where.

Westchester has added COVID-19 vaccine clinics in Yonkers on Mondays to help reduce the virus's spread, County Executive George Latimer said in a statement.

The new vaccine clinics, available for free by the county Health Department, begin today from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., in Yonkers at 20 South Broadway, 2nd Floor. They will continue to be held during the same time on Mondays, with the exception of Feb. 21 when there's no clinic.

Appointments are encouraged but walk-ins are welcome, according to the county.

A COVID-19 vaccine is administered at St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, N.Y.  Dec. 15, 2020. Forty staff members received the vaccine at the hospital Tuesday.
A COVID-19 vaccine is administered at St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, N.Y. Dec. 15, 2020. Forty staff members received the vaccine at the hospital Tuesday.

The county said people can click on these links to schedule Yonkers appointments:

The county has also been offering vaccines at the Westchester County Center in White Plains on afternoons by appointment only: Wednesdays through Fridays and on Saturday, Feb. 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The county said people can click on these links to schedule White Plains appointments:

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The county has also been providing PCR tests for COVID at the County Center and will continue to through February.

To schedule a test, go to www.westchestergov.com/health. New appointments will be added every three days, the county's statement said, as follows:

  • Mondays and Tuesdays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

  • Wednesdays, 8 a.m. to noon

  • Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

  • Fridays, 8 a.m. to noon

Michael P. McKinney is a breaking-news reporter or the Journal News, the Poughkeepsie Journal, and the Times Herald-Record.

This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: More COVID vaccine clinics scheduled in Yonkers on Mondays