The University of Montevallo hosted a COVID-19 vaccine clinic on April 14th. This is one of several clinics that the University has held this semester.

“Most of our vaccine clinics have been a partnership between the University, Shelby Baptist Medical Center, and Montevallo Drug” says Vice President of Enrollment and Student Affairs Tammi Dahle.

“We really just coordinated our efforts with Shelby providing the medication Montevallo drug providing the immunizers, and we would provide assistance and facilities with staffing” Dahle continued.

While the university was able to hold this vaccine clinic, there was one planned on April 13th that could not be held. This is because the vaccine that was supposed to be administered at that time was the Johnson and Johnson vaccine which at the time was not allowed to be given due to some side effects that people had after receiving the vaccine.

Dahle says that the vaccine clinics hosted by the university have been a success.

“We’ve done five clinics on campus and we’ve done two other ones partnering with AUM in Montgomery. I don’t know the exact number on how many total vaccines we’ve given out but it’s hundreds. We did about 320 on the 16th” said Dahle.

On April 5th, everyone ages 16 and up in Alabama became eligible to receive COVID vaccines. Acording to the Alabama Department of Public Health, over one million Alabama residents have been fully vaccinated.

The clinics hosted by UM are open to all students, faculty and staff as well as their families. Those that received their first dose on the 16th will receive their second dose on May 13th. For information about what you can do after you are vaccinated, you can go to the CDC’s website here.