Morris Heights Health Center Administers Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Morris Heights Health Center is now administering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for all those that are eligible. You can stop the spread of COVID-19 and save lives! If you’re eligible, please call us to schedule your appointment at 718-924-2693 or email at COVIDvaccinations@mhhc.org As of January 12, 2021, those that are in group 1A and 1B can receive the vaccine. New York Phase 1A of the distribution includes: Health Care Workers High-risk hospital workers (emergency room workers, ICU staff and Pulmonary Department staff) Federally Qualified Health Center employees Emergency Medical Services (EMS) workers Coroners, medical examiners and certain funeral workers Urgent Care providers People administering COVID-19 vaccines, including local health department staff All Outpatient/Ambulatory frontline, high-risk health care workers of any age who provide direct in-person patient care All staff who are in direct contact with patients (such as reception staff) All frontline, high-risk public health workers who have direct contact with patients, including those conducting COVID-19 tests, handling COVID-19 specimens and COVID-19 vaccinations This includes, but is not limited to: Doctors who work in private medical practices and their staff Doctors who work in hospital-affiliated medical practices and their staff Doctors who work in public health clinics and their staff Registered Nurses Specialty medical practices of all types Dentists and Orthodontists and their staff Psychiatrists and Psychologists and their staff Physical Therapists and their staff Optometrists and their staff Pharmacists and Pharmacy Aides Home care workers and aides Hospice workers Personal care aides Consumer-directed personal care workers Residents and Staff in Certain Group Living Facilities Nursing homes and other congregate care facilities NYS Office of Mental Health, Office People with Developmental Disabilities, and Office of Addiction Services and Supports facilities Those that are eligible under Phase 1B remain eligible. These are: Older Adults People ages 65 and older Grocery Workers Grocery store workers, including convenience store and bodega workers First Responders and Support Staff for First Responder Agencies Fire Service State Fire Service, including firefighters and investigators (professional and volunteer) Local Fire Services, including firefighters and investigators (professional and volunteer) Police and Investigations State Police, including Troopers State Park Police, DEC Police, Forest Rangers SUNY Police Sheriffs' Offices County Police Departments and Police Districts City, Town and Village Police Departments Transit of other Public Authority Police Departments State Field Investigations, including Department of Motor Vehicles, State Commission of Correction, Justice Center, Department of Financial Services, Inspector General, Department of Tax and Finance, Office of Children and Family Services and State Liquor Authority Public Safety Communications Emergency Communication and Public Safety Answering Point Personnel, including dispatchers and technicians Other Sworn and Civilian Personnel Court Officers Other Police or Peace Officers Support of Civilian Staff for any of the above services, agencies or facilities Corrections State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Personnel, including correction and parole officers Local Correctional Facilities, including correction officers Local Probation Departments, including probation officers State Juvenile Detention and Rehabilitation Facilities Local Juvenile Detention and Rehabilitation Facilities P-12 Schools, College, Child Care and Early Intervention P-12 school or school district faculty or staff (includes all teachers, substitute teachers, student teachers, school administrators, paraprofessional staff and support staff including bus drivers) Contractors working in a P-12 school or school district (including contracted bus drivers) In-person college instructors Licensed, registered, approved or legally exempt group child care Licensed, registered, approved or legally exempt group child care providers Employees or support staff of licensed or registered child care setting Licensed, registered, approved or legally exempt child care providers Early Intervention therapists and teachers with active service authorizations (as of January 13) State Office of Children and Family Services: State operated staff Licensed or certified residential programs staff and eligible residents Public Transit Airline and airport employees Passenger railroad employees Subway and mass transit employees (MTA, LIRR, Metro North, NYC Transit, Upstate Transit) Ferry employees Port Authority employees Public bus employees Homeless Shelters People living in a homeless shelter where sleeping, bathing or eating accommodations must be shared with people who are not part of their household People working (paid or unpaid) in a homeless shelter where sleeping, bathing or eating accommodations must be shared by people who are not part of the same household, in a position where there is potential for interaction with shelter residents Other Residential Programs and Supportive Housing Staff and residents of residential programs for victims of domestic violence and family type home for adults Staff and residents of unlicensed congregate supportive housing Essential Workers NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) licensed drivers Restaurant workers and restaurant delivery workers Underlying Conditions People who have: Cancer (current or in remission, including 9/11-related cancers) Chronic kidney disease Pulmonary disease, including but not limited to COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), asthma (moderate-to-severe), pulmonary fibrosis, cystic fibrosis and 9/11-related pulmonary diseases Intellectual and developmental disabilities including Down syndrome Heart conditions, including but not limited to heart failure, coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathies or hypertension (high blood pressure) Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system), including but not limited to solid organ transplant or from blood or bone marrow transplant, immune deficiencies, HIV, use of corticosteroids, use of other immune weakening medicines or other causes Severe obesity (body mass index of 40 kg/m2 or higher), obesity (body mass index of between 30 kg/m2 and 40 kg/m2) Pregnancy Sickle cell disease or thalassemia Type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus Cerebrovascular disease (affects blood vessels and blood supply to the brain) Neurologic conditions including but not limited to Alzheimer's disease or dementia Liver disease We are working hard to vaccinate all eligible individuals. Appointments are available at Main Site - 85 W. Burnside Avenue Bronx Medical and Wellness Center - 1227 Edward L. Grant Highway Melrose Site - 779 Melrose Avenue Vanguard Site - 825 E. 233rd Street St. Ann's Site - 625 137th Street Walton Site - 25 E. 183rd Street You do not need to be a current Morris Heights Health Center patient to schedule an appointment for COVID-19 vaccine. We will continue to follow guidelines from New York State and New York City government about who should receive vaccine next. Eventually, everyone will able to get vaccinated. If you are not yet eligible, please hold off on calling to schedule your COVID-19 vaccine at this time. Talk to your provider about any questions or concerns you may have about the COVID-19 vaccine. Follow us on social media @mhhc_inc to get updated on the COVID-19 vaccine.
