By Lauren Russell, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs / Published February 26, 2021
HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – [Veterans Affairs] Bedford Healthcare System in Bedford, Massachusetts, officials announced this week that COVID-19 vaccine eligibility has expanded to include all veterans enrolled in VA healthcare, regardless of age.
Veterans can call the vaccination call center at 781-687-4000 to make an appointment. This line is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., but the vaccination clinic is open daily, including weekends.
Additional information on vaccine eligibility, including how to enroll into the VA system, can be found at www.bedford.va.gov/services/covid-19-vaccines.asp. VA Bedford is currently administering the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine.
By STEVE BEYNON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: December 14, 2020
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. WASHINGTON The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday administered its first doses of the coronavirus vaccine as part of national inoculation effort to prevent the disease as the death toll from the virus surpassed 300,000 in the United States. World War II Army veteran Margaret Klessens, 96, is the VA’s first patient to receive the vaccine, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie announced. She is a patient of the Bedford Healthcare System in Massachusetts. The Bedford VA system is a set of three clinics outside of Boston that has seen 473 coronavirus infections and 39 deaths, according to the VA.
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