COVID-19 Vaccine Information
Phased approach to vaccination
Utah wants it to be easy for everyone to get a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as large quantities are available. However, we will only have a limited supply of the vaccine at first. This means that policymakers must develop plans to make sure those who are most at-risk get the vaccine first, and that vaccines are distributed in a fair, ethical, and transparent way.
The Utah Department of Health organized a workgroup made up of health professionals throughout the state (The Utah Prioritization Workgroup) to develop recommendations for how to prioritize vaccination groups on the state and local level. Their final recommendations, called Utah’s COVID-19 Vaccination Plan, are based on current information about COVID-19 vaccines, state and local data, vaccine storage capability of facilities, and guidance from the CDC and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
More vaccines will be available over the next few weeks and months. We will continue to provide additional updates about vaccine distribution information when more doses of the vaccine become available.
Vaccine administration for most dental offices will be through their own Local Health Department (LHD). The LDH’s are busy trying to establish what works best for scheduling vaccine distribution in their areas. Therefore, the method each LHD uses for vaccine distribution varies. We are trying to gather information as each LHD develops a plan for distribution. Several LHD’s have not finalized or released their plans for distribution.
Currently we have the following information on the LDH’s planned administration of the vaccine:
Bear River (Box Elder, Cache, Rich counties)
Bear River Information
Central Utah (Juab, Millard, Piute, Sevier, Wayne, Sanpete counties)
- Currently working to finalize plan
Davis County
- Dental Offices should have been contacted by the health department. The health department will be contacting them directly with instructions on how to get the vaccine.
Salt Lake County
San Juan County
- Talked to Executive Director, he stated that the county did not have very many dentists, but when the health department received the vaccine they would reach out to those offices.
Southeast Utah (Carbon, Emery, Grand counties) 435-259-5602
- The health department will be contacting offices directly to get on list to schedule appointment. They will be using mobile van to distribute to offices.
Southwest Utah (Garfield, Iron, Kane, Washington, Beaver counties)
- Currently working to finalize plan
Summit County
- Currently working to finalize plan
Tri-County (Daggett, Duchesne, Uintah counties)
- Health Department has reached out to dental offices to find the number of who will get it in each office. Anticipates they will be getting it soon. May be mobile in pods.
Tooele County
- Currently working to finalize plan
Utah County
- Watch Utah County Health Department Facebook Page for Vaccine updates
Wasatch County
- Health Department has contacted dental offices in their county and getting contact information for each. Then each staff member will receive an email that they can enter information and sign up for vaccine time. They will receive a QR code that they bring to health department to receive it.
Weber-Morgan
- Is planning on having large dispensing event. Will send information to dental offices directly.
The UDA is recommending all dental team members become aware of their own LHD’s plans for administration of the vaccine when available.
The UDA is recommending all dental team members become aware of their own LHD’s plans for administration of the vaccine when available.