COVID-19 Testing Sites

Oneida County is TENTATIVELY scheduling booster vaccination PODs for Mondays and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The expected start date is pending FDA approval of booster shots. Appointments will be made available once FDA has approved and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends these boosters. Please continue to check this website for updates and appointments once they are made available. Oneida County will also issue a press release once booster shots have been approved to begin.

Third dose appointments are available now to individuals deemed eligible. CDC recommends a third dose of vaccine for people who are moderately or severely immunocompromised categorized by having one or more of the following:

• Active treatment for solid tumor and hematologic malignancies.
• Receipt of solid-organ transplant and taking immunosuppressive therapy.
• Receipt of CAR-T-cell or hematopoietic stem cell transplant (within 2 years of transplantation or taking immunosuppression therapy).
• Moderate or severe primary immunodeficiency (e.g., DiGeorge syndrome, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome).
• Advanced or untreated HIV infection.
• Active treatment with high-dose corticosteroids (i.e., ≥20mg prednisone or equivalent per day), alkylating agents, antimetabolites, transplant-related immunosuppressive drugs, cancer chemotherapeutic agents classified as severely immunosuppressive, tumor-necrosis factor (TNF) blockers, and other biologic agents that are immunosuppressive or immunomodulatory.
   

Third doses of COVID-19 vaccines are given at least 28 days after the second dose of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.

If you meet criteria for a third dose, please Oneida County Health Department Clinic at 315-798-5747 to schedule an appointment. For those who are homebound and need assistance, please call the Oneida County Helpline at 315-798-5439.

***Please keep checking these appointment links as cancellations may occur and vaccination times may become available***
Oneida County Residents Register Here:

SCHEDULE A VACCINATION (Pfizer) FOR Thursday September 30, 2021 at Oneida County Health Dept - Utica Clinic, 406 Elizabeth St, Utica, New York 13501. By clicking, you acknowledge that you meet the NYS criteria below for receiving this vaccination. Walk-ins Welcome.

Click here after you register to save time at the vaccination site by completing and printing your consent form before you arrive to the vaccination site.  Be sure to bring this completed form with you to your appointment.

• If your business or organization has 10 or more people who want to be vaccinated (vaccines come in vials of 10), Oneida County will set up a POD at your location.
• Oneida County can provide transportation to and from our public PODs. To make arrangements, please call 315-798-5439.
• Please email us at vaccines@ocgov.net or call 315-798-5431 if you want to setup a POD at your location

Oneida County COVID-19 Dashboard

The Oneida County COVID-19 Dashboard includes data on testing, hospitalizations, deaths, recoveries as well as call volumes and quarantines.