All About the Covid-19 Vaccine

Those currently eligible include:

• Anyone 16 years and older

Additionally:

• Healthcare workers
• Long-term care facility residents (nursing homes/senior living)
• Anyone that works in the following industries: 
  • Food and agriculture including food service workers, food manufacturing, grocery store workers, and veterinarians.
  • Emergency services and first responders including police officers, search and rescue, corrections officers and workers, court workers, police, fire and ambulance dispatchers and more.
  • Education and childcare including teacher and support staff for preschool and K-12, childcare, and colleges (including junior) and universities.
  • Janitorial, Custodial, and Maintenance Services
  • Public transit/ airport 
• People who live or work in a communal setting
  • Incarceration/detention facility
  • Homeless shelters recuperative care centers, encampments. Includes
  • Domestic Violence Shelters
  • Behavioral health facility
  • Substance use disorder residential facility
  • Developmental Disability residential facility
• Anyone age 16-64 with select or severe health conditions such as:
  • Cancer, current with debilitated or immunocompromised state
  • Chronic kidney disease, stage 4 or above
  • Chronic pulmonary disease,  oxygen dependent
  • Down syndrome
  • Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) fromsolid organ transplant
  • Pregnancy
  • Sickle cell disease
  • Heart conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, or cardiomyopathies (excludes hypertension)
  • Severe obesity (Body Mass Index ≥ 40 kg/m2)
  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus with hemoglobin A1c level greater than 7.5%
  • OR If as a result of a developmental or other severe high-risk disability one or more of the following applies:
    • The individual is likely to develop severe life-threatening illness or death from COVID-19 infection
    • Acquiring COVID-19 will limit the individual's ability to receive ongoing care or services vital to their well-being and survival
    • Providing adequate and timely COVID care will be particularly challenging as a result of the individual's disability
    • The list of eligible conditions is subject to change as additional scientific evidence is published and as CDPH obtains and analyzes additional state-specific data.

See all eligibility information on the LA County Department of Public Health website.

*Updated April 14- MLKCH Vaccine offerings

• When: Tuesday, April 20  9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Superior Grocers  

7316 S. Compton Ave  Los Angeles CA 90001

Please visit this link to schedule an appointment. 

• When: Wednesday, April 21 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Superior Grocers  

7316 S. Compton Ave  Los Angeles CA 90001

Please visit this link to schedule an appointment. 

• When: Tuesday, April 27 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Superior Grocers  

7316 S. Compton Ave  Los Angeles CA 90001

Please visit this link to schedule an appointment. 

• When: Wednesday, April 28 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Jordan Downs, Freedom Plaza

9901 S Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90002

Please visit this link to schedule an appointment. 

• When: Thursday, April 29 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Jordan Downs, Freedom Plaza

9901 S Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90002

Please visit this link to schedule an appointment. 

• Pfizer vaccines being offered at all locations. 
• Remember: you will need to show proof that you are an L.A. County resident AND that you are eligible to receive the vaccine. You do not need to show government issued ID and you do not need to be a US citizen to get a vaccine. 
• All appointments are while supplies last. 

When you arrive for your appointment, you should be prepared to show proof of identification and proof of employment in one of the eligible industries. ID includes but isn't limited to:

• a driver’s license or standard ID card
• military ID
• employment authorization card
• temporary resident ID
• passport
• immigration certificate (green card)
• student ID card