UW-EC mass vaccination site closing June 30

The Leader-Telegram, Eau Claire, Wis.
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Jun. 15—EAU CLAIRE — The mass community COVID-19 vaccination site on the UW-Eau Claire campus will close at the end of this month.

June 30 will be the final day the vaccine clinic at Zorn Arena will be in service, according to the Eau Claire City-County Health Department's website.

Currently the Zorn Arena clinic is open 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays for walk-in, drive-up or appointments. (An exception to that will be June 26, when it will be closed for the day, according to the website.)

Those interested in getting vaccinated at the clinic can sign up online for an appointment at vaccinate.wi.gov.

The vaccination site opened on April 8 with staffing from the local Health Department, the university and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Federal employees left earlier this month, but the clinic has continued operating through local workers and volunteers.

The Health Department does plan to still offer vaccinations on campus at an alternate location, according to Audrey Boerner, the local COVID-19 response public information officer.

"We are still finalizing the details of this location change and will share them broadly as soon as possible," she said in an email.

While the Zorn Arena site is closing, public health workers are focusing their efforts to make vaccines available to people who are out running errands or doing other activities.

"We've heard from our community partners that those who are still wanting to get vaccinated are better served by mobile, pop-up, workplace or drive-through options, and have been seeing lower numbers of appointments and walk-ins at Zorn Arena," Boerner stated.

Pop-up clinics currently listed on the Health Department's website for this week:

—Noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Eau Claire City Hall, 203 S. Farwell St.

—4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, EC Sports Warehouse, 2983 11th St.

—Noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, Eau Claire City Hall.

—3 to 6 p.m. Friday, Festival Foods, 3007 Mall Drive.

—Noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Beaver Creek Reserve, S1 Highway K, Fall Creek.

For more information on those clinics, including which vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson) are available at each one, go to tinyurl.com/yb74bsyn.

There is no cost to get the vaccine at these clinics, and they do not require proof of insurance, citizenship or ID.