COVID-19 Vaccine

• When and Where to Get Your COVID-19 Vaccination
• Contact your local public health district with COVID-19 vaccine questions – Updated Jan. 15, 2021
• Idaho COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Committee (CVAC) Vaccine Prioritization – Updated Feb. 23, 2021
• Process to Prioritize Groups Summary Document

• Trusted Sources for COVID-19 Vaccine Information
• Safety and Monitoring
• Understanding How COVID-19 Vaccines Work

COVID-19 vaccination can help keep you from getting COVID-19. COVID-19 vaccines are being carefully evaluated in clinical trials and will be authorized or approved only if they are shown to be safe and effective in reducing your chances of getting COVID-19. Based on what we know about vaccines for other diseases, experts believe that getting a COVID-19 vaccine may help keep you from getting seriously ill even if you do get COVID-19. Getting vaccinated yourself may also protect people around you, particularly people at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19.

COVID-19 vaccination will be an important tool to help stop the COVID-19 pandemic. Wearing masks and social distancing help reduce your chance of being exposed to the virus or spreading it to others, but these measures are difficult to maintain for long periods of time. Vaccines will work with your immune system so it will be ready to fight the virus if you are exposed.

• March 2 COVID19 Media Briefing
• Feb 23 COVID19 Media Briefing
• Feb 16 COVID19 Media Briefing
• Feb 9 COVID19 Media Briefing
• Feb. 2 COVID19 Media Briefing
• Jan 26 COVID19 Media Briefing
• Jan 19 COVID19 Media Briefing
• Jan 12 COVID19 Media Briefing
• Jan 5 COVID19 Media Briefing

• Jan. 26: Scheduling an appointment for COVID-19 vaccine and what to expect
• Jan. 19: Vaccine supply and how to volunteer
• Jan. 12: COVID-19 Q&A: Where to get a vaccine, new virus strain, and vaccine side effects
• Jan. 5: COVID-19 Q&A: Vaccine distribution and administration in Idaho
• Dec. 15: COVID-19 Q&A: Idaho’s vaccine distribution plan
• Dec. 8: COVID-19 Q & A: Getting Vaccinated
• Dec. 1, 2020 COVID-19 Vaccine Q & A

The Department of Health and Welfare publishes a blog at dhwblog.com that is updated weekly.

• January 22: COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Committee meeting
• February 5: COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Committee meeting
• February 19: COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Committee meeting

Future ACIP meetings will be scheduled based on EUA approvals.

• Governor’s Executive Order 2021-03: Transparency in the Administration of the COVID-19 Vaccine
• NEWS RELEASE – Mar. 5, 2021: Idaho launches COVID-19 vaccine appointment pre-registration system
• NEWS RELEASE – Mar. 3, 2021: Governor’s emergency declaration secures millions in funding for vaccination effort
• NEWS RELEASE – Feb. 8, 2021: New COVID-19 vaccine administration transparency data now live
• NEWS RELEASE – Jan. 28, 2021: Gov. Little signs executive order to speed up safe vaccine rollout, promote transparency in vaccine administration
• NEWS RELEASE – Jan. 19, 2021: Gov. Little accelerates COVID-19 vaccine administration across Idaho
• NEWS RELEASE – Jan. 12, 2021: Gov. Little updates Idahoans on COVID-19 vaccine rollout