Mass COVID vaccination site closes in Middletown. Where can you now get a shot?
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A man gets his COVID-19 vaccine earlier this year at Cross Street AME Zion Church in Middletown, as part of the city’s effort to inoculate older members of the congregation.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut Media
MIDDLETOWN With the Community Health Center mass vaccination sites no longer open, the city is offering several pop-up clinics and walk-in locations for people to get the COVID vaccine.
A declining demand is causing other health agencies to follow suit, as well the drop in the state’s coronavirus positivity rate, which has remained below 1 percent in recent weeks.
As vaccine demand wanes, Middletown adopts new strategy for hard-to-reach population
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The Traverse Square apartment complex, one of two sites where COVID-19 vaccine clinics will be held Saturday, is located on Church Street in Middletown. All are welcome.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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There will be two vaccination clinics Saturday during which Middletown Health Department and other medical staff will be dispensing both the Moderna and Johson & Johnson vaccines at Maplewood Terrace and Traverse Square.Contributed photo / Middletown Health DepartmentShow MoreShow Less
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MIDDLETOWN As new COVID-19 cases continue to decline in the city, health officials now are focusing their efforts on bringing vaccination clinics to large housing developments where residents may not have easy access to shots.
Middletown halts Johnson & Johnson clinics, switching to Moderna vaccines
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The Middletown Health Department halted all Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccination clinics Tuesday in reaction to calls by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for an immediate pause on use of the shots due to six individuals developing rare, but severe, blood clots.Hearst Connecticut Media file photo
MIDDLETOWN The city is temporarily stopping use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine at its clinics “out of an abundance of caution,” following actions by federal health agencies amid reports of six individuals developing rare, but severe, blood clots.
If the church is offering it, it must be safe : Middletown inoculates seniors at AME Zion
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Fifty individuals 75 and older received their COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday morning at Cross Street AME Zion Church in Middletown, as part of an effort to inoculate older members of the congregation.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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From left are the Revs. Moses Harville of Cross Street AME Zion Church and Robyn Anderson, president of the Middletown Ministerial Health Fellowship. They hosted a COVID vaccine clinic Tuesday at the church.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Needles full of the Moderna vaccine are shown at Tuesday’s clinic at Cross Street AME Zion Church in Middletown.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
Town’s Future Phase 1b Vaccine to Target Minority Population
The mission of the alliance, based at African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, is to address “systemic barriers to Black communities’ access to care with an integrated, faith-based, health care advocacy network.” by Cassandra Day, The Middletown Press, Conn. / February 2, 2021 TNS
(TNS) - City officials are partnering with members of Middletown s Ministerial Health Fellowship at the local AME Zion Church to address concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine.
The mission of the alliance, based at African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church at 440 West St., is to address systemic barriers to Black communities access to care with an integrated, faith-based, health care advocacy network, according to its website.