Oklahoma to open COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to nonresidents starting Thursday - KOCO Oklahoma City

The Oklahoma State Department of Health announced that the state will open COVID-19 vaccine to nonresidents, starting Thursday, April 8.

According to the OSDH, due to increasing supply and continued progress in vaccination efforts, the state will remove the residency requirement for receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in Oklahoma effective April 8, allowing residents from neighboring states and beyond to get the vaccine.

“While our focus has been and will continue to be on vaccinating Oklahomans, we have always known there would be a point at which supply and increasing capacity would allow us to welcome residents from neighboring states into Oklahoma to get vaccinated,” said Deputy Commissioner Keith Reed.

Oklahoma would be among the first states in the nation to officially remove its residency requirement for the COVID-19 vaccine, a major step in distribution that reinforces the state’s success in administering the vaccine to its own residents, officials said.