
Bucks County has implemented a COVID-19 helpline for those residents without internet access who want to pre-register for the vaccine, or have general questions about the pandemic. That number is:
1-800-383-0371
The main portal for COVID Vaccine information and pre-registration is:
https://covid19-vaccine-bucksgis.hub.arcgis.com/
Bucks County Health Department is currently registering Bucks County citizens who meet the below criteria for COVID-19 vaccination scheduling (PHASE 1A, 1B, 1C).
Practice/business/individual must operate and/or live in Bucks County, PA.
Phase 1A
- Long term care facilities
- Emergency medical service personnel
- Nurses & Nursing assistants
- Physicians
- Dentists & Dental hygienists
- Chiropractors
- Therapists
- Phlebotomists
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy Technicians
- Health professions students and trainees
- Direct support professionals
- Clinical personnel in school settings or correctional facilities
- Contractual HCP not directly employed by the health care facility
- Persons ages 65 and older
- Persons ages 16-64 with high-risk conditions:
- Cancer
- Chronic kidney disease
- COPD
- Down Syndrome
- Heart conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, or cardiomyopathies
- Immunocompromised state (weakened immune system) from solid organ transplant or from blood or bone marrow transplant, immune deficiencies, HIV, use of corticosteroids, or use of other immune weakening medicines
- Obesity (body mass index [BMI] of 30 kg/m2 or higher)
- Pregnancy
- Sickle cell disease
- Smoking
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Note that at this time only the Pfizer-BioNTech product is approved for those age 16 and 17.
Phase 1B
- Law enforcement
- Fire/rescue personnel
- Emergency services personnel
- Public transit staff
- Grocery store staff
- Educators/Education staff
- Manufacturing staff
- U.S. Postal Service staff
- Clergy and other essential support for houses of worship
- Corrections staff and other staff of non-1A congregate care settings
- Individuals caring for children or adults in early childhood and adult day programs
Phase 1C
- Finance staff, including bank tellers
- Information technology
- Energy
- Food services
- Housing construction
- Communications
- Legal services
- Public health workers
- Public safety
- Utility
- Water and wastewater staff
- Federal/state/county/local government
Phase 2
- Any individual over the age of 16 who agrees and does not have a contraindication for vaccine.
Note that at this time only the Pfizer-BioNTech product is approved for those age 16 and 17.