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Maine s FEMA mobile unit offering walk-up COVID-19 vaccine appointments in Windham, CDC discusses second doses

The FEMA mobile vaccine unit giving COVID-19 vaccinations across Maine is accepting walk-up appointments while it is stationed in Windham. The site is only accepting walk-ups on Wednesday and Thursday, and only at the Windham location. "I think that's the group that is for whom convenience is the premium. These unscheduled hours is where I'm hoping to offer a service," said Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine CDC during Tuesday's media.

Maine Has a New Mobile COVID Vaccination Clinic for Rural Areas

Maine Has a New Mobile COVID Vaccination Clinic for Rural Areas Governor Janet Mills has announced a partnership with FEMA that will provide COVID vaccines for people in rural areas. For some Mainers, especially elderly residents of rural communities, getting to a location where they can get a COVID-19 vaccination could prove very challenging. And if they receive a Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, that would mean making the trip to a health facility or mass vaccination clinic twice. That s a lot of traveling for people who may no longer drive, or who would find the journey too taxing. So the Mills Administration has announced a mobile vaccination unit that will bring the shots to them. Over the next two months, the vaccination clinic will travel to 10 communities, including Oxford, Fryeburg, Calais, Madawaska, and others:

Mobile COVID-19 vaccination unit opens in Maine

Mobile COVID-19 vaccination unit opens in Maine Hannah Dineen Replay Video Maine has launched its first mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinic.  Starting at 11 a.m. on Monday at the Oxford Casino, people began to trickle in for vaccination appointments.  Gov. Janet Mills and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Regional Administrator Paul Ford were there to unveil the state s new weapon against the coronavirus. What a great day, Mills exclaimed before introducing her colleagues. They are some of the many people to whom we owe a great debt of gratitude and appreciation today for helping to set up this important milestone in the greatest logistical challenge Maine and the nation has undertaken in generations.

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