June 15, 2021 Reno/Sparks, NV – The Washoe County Health District has expanded COVID-19 vaccine availability to residents in Washoe County with four events coming up this week.
The event sites include the Food Bank at Stead Airport, Great Basin Brewery in Sparks, Food Truck Friday and the Juneteenth celebration. Vaccinators will be administering the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) vaccine at the events. The Pfizer vaccine will also be administered at the Juneteenth and Food Truck Friday events.
“The community has been very supportive in our efforts to make it easy to get the COVID-19 vaccine.” said Kevin Dick, District Health Officer in Washoe County. “We hope that we can continue the expansion of our Point of Dispensing (POD) sites in order to accommodate different schedules. Thank you to all of those who allowed us to set up sites in the community to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine.”
The following sites will be set up and ready for distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine only on the dates identified below. The hours listed are only the vaccine administration hours; event times may differ.
Food Bank at Stead Airport
Thursday, June 17, 10 a.m. to noon
4895 Texas Ave, Reno, NV 89506
Vaccine: Janssen (Johnson & Johnson)
Great Basin Brewery
Thursday, June 17, 3-7 p.m.
846 Victorian Ave, Sparks, NV 89431
Vaccine: Janssen (Johnson & Johnson)
Food Truck Friday
Friday June 18 & June 25, 4-7 p.m.
2055 Idlewild Dr, Reno, NV 89509
Vaccine: Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) & Pfizer
Juneteenth
Saturday, June 19, noon to 3 p.m.
Dick Taylor Park, 1140 Beech St., Reno, NV 89512
Vaccine: Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) and Pfizer
For more information on COVID-19 in Washoe County, go to our website www.COVID19Washoe.com. For updated COVID-19 stats, visit our Washoe County COVID-19 Dashboard.
The COVID-19 Regional Information Center is working together to deliver COVID-19 community updates in a unified manner. While press releases are only sent periodically for significant events, you can always get daily results on our website, https://covid19washoe.com/, our COVID-19 Dashboard or by following us on Twitter @COVID19Washoe. The entities include: City of Reno, City of Sparks, North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, Regional Transportation Commission, REMSA, Reno Sparks Indian Colony, Reno Police Department, Reno Fire Department, Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District, University of Nevada, Reno, Washoe County, Washoe County Health District, Washoe County School District and Washoe County Sheriff’s Office. Also in the group are the area hospitals, Northern Nevada Medical Center, Renown Health and Saint Mary’s.