Update: 

The Tysons Community Vaccination Center will now vaccinate people who walk up as well as those who have prior appointments, according to an announcement from Fairfax County. The news comes just a week after the location opened, and suggests a turning point in the populous county’s long struggle to increase vaccine supply to meet high demand.

“There is enough vaccine for everyone who wants to be vaccinated,” the announcement says.

Shots will be available to people who walk up on a first come, first served basis. The site is open weekdays and Saturdays, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Original story:

Virginia health officials plan to open a mass vaccination site in Tysons next Tuesday, according to an announcement from Fairfax County.

The Community Vaccination Center, a collaboration between the Virginia Department of Emergency Management and the commonwealth’s health department, is one of eight state-run high-capacity vaccination sites in Virginia. One is already operational in Prince William County.

It will be located in the former Lord & Taylor store at Tysons Corner Center, 1961 Chain Bridge Road. The site is expected to operate Monday – Saturday, and a scheduled appointment will be required.

“We are excited that we can offer our residents another large-scale COVID-19 vaccination site, this time in the Tysons area, which is easily accessed by several bus routes and located within walking distance of the Tysons Corner Metro station along the Silver Line,” said Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay.

McKay said the site is expected to handle vaccination of as many as 3,000 people daily.

The Fairfax mass vaccination site opening comes as the county and the rest of Virginia opens up vaccine eligibility to anyone 16 years old and up — and changes the process for scheduling vaccine appointments. The general public will be directed to look for appointments on the Center For Disease Control and Prevention’s VaccineFinder.org tool, instead of inputting their information into the statewide pre-registration system and waiting for an invitation to book appointments.

Fairfax officials said the new mass vaccination site in Tysons will initially not be searchable on VaccineFinder.org, as the county expects to use the site to finish vaccinating people on the county’s Phase 1 waitlist.

Fairfax County’s seven-day new case average is 175. Cases in the county have mostly plateaued at around that rate since early March. Almost 700,000 vaccine doses have already been administered in the county, according to state data, and over 430,000 residents have received at least one dose.

This story has been updated to include new information about walk-up appointments.