{"id":105270,"date":"2021-02-12T22:30:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T03:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=105270"},"modified":"2021-02-12T22:30:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T03:30:51","slug":"allentown-and-lehigh-county-vaccine-call-center-for-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=105270","title":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN AND LEHIGH COUNTY VACCINE CALL CENTER FOR SENIORS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Allentown Health Bureau has established a COVID-19 vaccine scheduling call center system solely for city and Lehigh County senior citizens age 65 and older who are without internet access or are not internet use savvy.<\/p>\n<p>The system operates Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.\u00a0 It is receiving an overwhelming number of calls. Residents may continue to call back if they receive a busy signal. The phone lines are only able to accept and hold calls until 6 p.m. We understand the challenges this creates, and we thank you for your patience as we work to improve our service and manage the thousands of requests from our community.<\/p>\n<p>Calls will reach a bilingual person who will assist in scheduling a COVID vaccination as supply of vaccine permits.<\/p>\n<p>The city is unable to accommodate vaccine scheduling requests through other city offices and departments.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that the vaccine scheduling call center will only assist with scheduling appointments. All health-related questions should be directed to your primary physician.<\/p>\n<p>The call center can be reached at 610.890.7069 and is only available to assist Allentown and Lehigh County residents ages 65+ in registering for COVID-19 vaccinations. Others are urged to schedule with the Allentown Health Bureau online through information on the city website at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allentownpa.gov\/\">www.allentownpa.gov<\/a>, contact and register with the hospital or pharmacy network of your choice, or wait until more vaccine becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMike Moore<br \/>\nCommunications Manager<br \/>\nMayor&#8217;s Office<br \/>\n435 Hamilton Street<br \/>\nAllentown, PA 18101<br \/>\nMike.Moore@allentownpa.gov<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Allentown Health Bureau has established a COVID-19 vaccine scheduling call center system solely for city and Lehigh County senior citizens age 65 and older who are without internet &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=105270\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ALLENTOWN AND LEHIGH COUNTY VACCINE CALL CENTER FOR SENIORS<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103930,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ahb-covid.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105270"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/103930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}