Important Information for Our Community(Updated 3.4.21)
Those without Internet access should call the Dutchess County Coronavirus
Information Line at 845-486-3555, Option 1, to hear weekly vaccine updates. Then select Option 2 to be connected to the Office for the Aging and be added to the notification list. You will be called when an appointment is available to you.
Vaccine Distribution UpdateJust over 6,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been allocated to providers throughout Dutchess County this week by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH). The Dutchess County Department of Behavioral & Community Health (DBCH) has been allocated 4,040 doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week from New York State, a significant increase over the state’s allotment to DBCH in past weeks. Eligible individuals, including individuals 65 or older, those with health conditions and essential workers will be randomly selected for this week's appointments via a computer-generated process from the current list of more than 44,000 people who have completed the Dutchess County Vaccination Information Request Form OR in coordination with essential worker employers.
In addition to the appointments scheduled at the County’s vaccination sites in Dover and the former JCPenney store in Poughkeepsie, DBCH has also partnered with some of the area’s largest healthcare providers – CareMount Medical, Premiere Medical Group, and Sun River Health – to vaccinate homebound and medically frail senior citizens. These providers are directly notifying patients to schedule appointments. Please do not call these healthcare providers about appointments at this time.
An additional 2,000 doses has been allocated by New York State to hospitals, pharmacies, federally qualified health centers in Dutchess County. Updates about these vaccine allocations and appointment availability are posted at http://www.dutchessny.gov/.../DBCH/Vaccine-Appointments.htm. Many of these locations already have waiting lists.
1 Hospitals – 800 Doses 5 Pharmacy – 900 Doses Total 2 FQHCs – 300 Doses Total Dutchess County’s weekly doses will be administered as follows: 3/4 Thursday – Galleria – 700 first doses 3/6 Saturday – Dover – 250 first doses 3/7 Sunday – Galleria – approx. 1,200 first doses 3/9 Tuesday – Galleria – approx. 700 first doses
• The County Executive announced Marist College, in partnership with New York State, will host a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination site on the school’s Town of Poughkeepsie campus, tentatively scheduled to begin Friday, March 5th. The site will distribute 500 doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine each day for a week. Eligible Dutchess County residents will be able register for the Marist site using the state’s “Am I Eligible?” online tool. Appointments filled up within minutes of the state opening availability Thursday morning, though appointments at other New York State-operated vaccination sites, including the Javits Center in Manhattan, remain available through the “Am I Eligible? tool. The state announced 164,800 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be delivered throughout New York this week, and future vaccine allocations, when they are delivered, will be used to establish additional sites throughout the state.
• Almost one in seven Dutchess County residents, or 13.5 percent of the County’s population, has received at least their first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to New York State; the statewide average is 15.2 percent. In all, the state reported 39,670 Dutchess County residents have received at least their first shot, entering Wednesday, and 19,566 had received their second shot.
• Nursing homes throughout Dutchess County have also received additional COVID-19 vaccine doses, County Executive Molinaro said, and DBCH staff continues to work with these facilities to vaccinate more residents and staff.
Residents in nursing homes are now allowed to receive visitors, under state guidance, provided their facility has been free of COVID-19 for 14 days and visitation is kept under 20 percent of its population. Visitation can occur in private rooms, dedicated visitation spaces or outdoors, but facilities may limit visitation time.
In counties whose positivity rate is below 5 percent, such as Dutchess County currently, testing of visitors is not required, though rapid tests may be provided by the facility.
Appointments at Dutchess County POD LocationsIn accordance with NYSDOH directives, eligible individuals who have filled out the Dutchess County Vaccination Information Request Form (link) will be scheduled for vaccine appointments at the County's vaccination sites at JCPenney and Dover, including: - Essential workers including law enforcement, emergency responders, teachers, and grocery store employees.
- Residents and staff of congregate settings opperated and certified by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD)
- Those with co-morbidities and underlying health conditions(link), including:
- Individuals 65 and older
- Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD)
- Individuals without Internet access
Get Notified About AppointmentsIf you are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine and would like to be notified when a vaccination appointment at a DBCH POD vaccination site in Poughkeepsie or Dover is available for you, please complete the Dutchess County Vaccination Information Request Form. Selected individuals will be directly contacted by DBCH.*There will be no public scheduling link.
PLEASE NOTE: You only need to complete this form ONCE. Your information will be saved week-to-week. If you make a mistake or need to update your information, please resubmit the form; only the most recent submission will be used when selecting individuals. Vaccine supply remains very limited and it may be several weeks or months before you are notified of appointment availability as the selection process is randomized and computer-generated based on the County's current allocation amounts from NYSDOH. Those without Internet access should call the Dutchess County Coronavirus
Information Line at 845-486-3555, Option 1, to hear weekly vaccine updates. Eligibility ExpansionAs per New York State guidelines, those with specific co-morbidities have been added to the current vaccination distribution phase. Those individuals with one of the co-morbidities listed on our website are asked to get a note from their doctor or pharmacist attesting to their eligibility OR have their doctor or pharmacist fill out the County's COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility Attestation Form and bring it with them to their vaccination appointment. Dover POD has MovedDutchess County's Vaccine POD in Dover has been relocated from Dover Middle/High School to the CVS Plaza at 3081 Route 22 in Dover.
*For selected eligible individuals: Please be sure to answer the phone as DBCH representatives will not be able to call back or leave messages about appointments due to scheduling time constraints. DBCH representatives will be calling from the following numbers: - 845-486-3555
- 845-486-3400
- 845-486-2000
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