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FEMA vaccine center offering free Covid shots at Asheville Outlets

By Lightning Reports, Published: October 7, 2021

FEMA's mobile vaccine center will offer free Covid-19 vaccinations at the Asheville Outlets behind Sportsman’s Warehouse, 800 Brevard Road, for five weeks starting Monday.

The stationary vaccine center can administer up to 250 vaccines each day. First and second doses as well as booster vaccines will be provided. Residents do not need an appointment in advance and all three approved vaccines will be available. All three have all proven safe and effective against Covid-19 illness and its complications. More than 335 million doses of Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines have been administered across the U.S. since December 2020.

Here is the schedule:

• 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11, Tuesday, Oct. 12, and Wednesday, Oct. 13.
• 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18, and Tuesday, Oct. 19.
• 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25, Tuesday, Oct. 26, and Wednesday, Oct. 27.
• 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, through Saturday, Nov. 6.
• 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8, through Saturday, Nov. 13.