But with an uptick in positive coronavirus tests and the spread of variants, there s increased urgency to get shots administered to as many people possible, as quickly as possible. So the state and several health groups are taking vaccines directly into the community and setting up mobile vaccine clinics.
For the past two months, UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester has held mobile clinics twice a week at sites around central Massachusetts where people might have a tough time traveling to get a shot. A lot of people here have difficulties going out to a mass site to get vaccinated and that s why we came to them, said Michelle Muller, a family nurse practitioner who works in community benefits at UMass Memorial. It s a little more difficult to come out into the community, but we re very proud of what we ve been able to do for underserved populations in Worcester County. Every vaccine in an arm gets us closer to being done with this pandemic.