Unvaccinated D.C. residents can now request to get a shot at home, according to updated guidance from officials.
Patrick Ashley, with D.C. Health, tweeted the news Thursday.
“Don鈥檛 have to be homebound in DC (recently changed). Just give us a call and we鈥檒l come!” he wrote.
Don鈥檛 have to be homebound in DC (recently changed). Just give us a call and we鈥檒l come!
鈥� Patrick Ashley (@Pash_DC)
The number to call is: 1-855-363-0333
“New news you can use,” At-Large Council member Christina Henderson tweeted in response to Ashley. “DC will bring the COVID-19 vaccine to you.”
🚨 New news you can use: DC will bring the COVID-19 vaccine to you. Just call (855) 363-0333.
Previously, DC residents needed to be homebound to qualify for at-home vaccination. Now, any resident can call and request to have the shot at home.
鈥� CM Christina Henderson (@CMCHenderson)
Previously, the offer was only open to homebound residents.
D.C.’s has not yet been updated with the news Ashley tweeted out.
reported that it had reached out to D.C. Health about plans to publicize the new information.
鈥淵es, there are plans to inform residents [about the program],鈥� a spokesperson for DC Health said in an email to DCist/WAMU, but did not elaborate.
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise throughout the region, Mayor Muriel Bowser recently mandated that all District government employees must get vaccinated.
That includes contractors, interns and grantees, as well as all teacher and staff for D.C. Public Schools.
Many District charter schools have implemented the same requirement.
