WOODSFIELD — Monroe County will hold a COVID-19 vaccination drive-through clinic later this month for individuals included in Phases 1A and 1B iof the state’s rollout.

The Monroe County Health Department announced its next clinic for inoculations using the Moderna vaccine is set for 1 p.m. Friday at the Monroe County Fairgrounds, 46760 State Route 26 in Woodsfield.

Linda Masters, administrator of the county’s health department, said only individuals included in Phase 1A and some in Phase 1B will be eligible to receive the vaccine. Phase 1A includes health care workers and personnel who are routinely involved in the care of COVID-19 patients, and EMS responders, while Phase 1B includes county residents who are seniors, starting with those 80 years of age and older.

The health department does not yet know how many doses of the vaccine it will receive from the Ohio Department of Health but will find out early next week. Masters said the staff is hoping to receive at least 100 doses.

During the clinic, the vaccine will be given on a first-come, first-served basis. There will not be any scheduled appointments, Masters said.

Those interested in receiving the vaccine are not permitted to line up prior to 11 a.m. Masters said numbered tickets will be provided to individuals who attend to coincide with the allotted number of vaccines that will be available that day.

“We’ll be handing out tickets to everybody for however many vaccines we have so people aren’t sitting in line waiting just to get turned away. We’re going to try and manage it that way,” she said.

Once the vaccine is administered, the individual will park for around 15 minutes to ensure they do not have an adverse reaction to the vaccine, Masters said.

Those interested in attending the clinic must enter the fairground through the main entrance along Ohio 26.

Attendees are asked to wear a facial covering, wear loose fit clothing and remain in their vehicle. Masters said attendees must also show verification of age to receive the vaccine.

“We’ll only be taking people who are 80 years old or older for Phase 1B,” she said.

Masters urges residents to remain patient with the health department staff as they work to distribute the vaccine.

“It’s a learning process. We’re hoping this is a much better clinic than the first one. I know that there are people homebound who are unable to come, and we will try to address that in the future as we get more vaccines and get some of these really busy clinics over with,” she said.

Future clinics and appointments will be scheduled once additional vaccines become available to the county, she said.