COVID Vaccines - East Bay Getting To Zero

How do we get a COVID vaccine?

If you have a primary care provider and/or insurance:

• Go to your medical provider (click for: Kaiser, Sutter, Stanford, Children’s Oakland, community health centers)
• Ask a local pharmacy if they take your insurance. Unlike before, insurance coverage will be checked before Covid vaccines are given at pharmacies. Coverage at specific pharmacies depends on their insurance contracts.
• Go to MyTurn.ca.gov or call 833-422-4255, or
• Check the Vaccines.gov national vaccine finder, which links to most pharmacy locations.

If you don’t have insurance or your insurance doesn’t cover the complete cost:

Go to Vaccines.gov and after Step 2, click on”Bridge Access Program” locations (many are CVS and Walgreens locations) or try a public/county vaccine site.

• If you don’t have insurance or your insurance doesn’t cover the complete Covid vaccine cost:
  • Go to Vaccines.gov and after Step 2, click on”Bridge Access Program” locations.
  • Many CVS and Walgreens pharmacies are contracted with the national Bridge Program until August 2024 to cover Covid vaccines at no cost to you.
• If your insurance doesn’t cover the complete Covid vaccine cost: Check with your primary care clinic first to see if they can help cover the cost. If not, contact a county vaccine site (see section below) to schedule or find out current hours Covid vaccines are offered. People with partial insurance coverage may need to pay the full cost ($185-190) at pharmacies such as CVS and Walgreens, since some of their policies only cover completely uninsured people through the Bridge program.

How to get a vaccine at a county/public site:

• In Alameda County, updated vaccines are available at no cost for uninsured and underinsured people at the following sites, with schedules and vaccine availability updated on this calendar. Call 510-268-2101 for more info.
  • Family Justice Center: located at 470 27th St. (at Telegraph) in Oakland, Wednesdays 1-3:30 pm and Saturdays 10-2pm by appointment only. Call 510-267-3230 to make an appointment and request the vaccines you want to get.
  • Wellness clinic at Laney College Flea Market: located at 510 Fallon St, Oakland, CA 94607, Sunday mornings starting at 9 am. This collaborative effort with Umoja Health, BayPLS and ACPHD offers updated vaccines for people who are uninsured or underinsured.
• In Contra Costa County, visit Contra Costa Health vaccine location or call 800-495-8885.
• Solano County vaccine access

For people under 18, there are several ways to provide consent (click on the infographic for more details):

• Online registration: parent/guardian checks consent box
• Drop-in/walk-up:
  • Parent/guardian comes and gives consent in-person
  • Parent/guardian gives consent on phone or video
  • Youth brings in paper form signed by parent/guardian. To download the Alameda County consent form, click for: English, Spanish.

Vaccine phone lines:

• Alameda County: 510-268-2101
• Contra Costa County: 800-495-8885
• Solano County: 707-343-4571
• California state’s MyTurn vaccine line: 833-422-4255

If you are home-bound:

• Home-bound people in Alameda County: to sign up for in-home vaccination, please complete the vaccine registration form on this webpage. If you are not able to use the internet form, please call 510-208-4829.
• Home-bound people in Contra Costa County: request a home vaccination from the mobile team.

Medical providers:

• Kaiser members
• Sutter members
• Stanford Health members
• UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland members
• Alameda Health Systems
• Vaccines for kids: If your pediatrician’s clinic is not listed here, please call them or go to their website directly.

Community Health Centers:

• Asian Health Services
• Axis Community Health
• Bay Area Community Health
• La Clínica
• LifeLong Medical Care
• Native American Health
• Roots Community Health Center
• Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center
• West Oakland Health

Pharmacies:

• Walgreens
• CVS
• Safeway
• Rite Aid
• Pharmaca
• Albertsons
• Costco
• Health Mart
• Kroger
• Walmart
• Vaccines.gov also links to most pharmacy locations providing vaccines but doesn’t get updated as frequently as the pharmacy websites.

Vaccines through county vaccination sites:

• Alameda County COVID-19 vaccine access
  • Vaccinations for people experiencing homelessness
  • Vaccinations for youth

• Contra Costa County COVID-19 vaccine access

• Solano County vaccine access

Need proof of vaccination?

Visit the CA Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Record site to request your digital vaccination card. You’ll need the phone number or email address that you used to get your vaccine.

What vaccines are currently available?

We have three authorized vaccines available: the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines and the Novavax spike protein vaccine.

• See how the authorized vaccines work: download PDF infographics from the CDC –
  • How the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines work: in English and Spanish.
  • How the J&J viral vector vaccines work: in English and Spanish.