Middletown among CT towns getting $13 million in federal vaccine equity funds
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Middletown Acting Health Director Kevin ElakHearst Connecticut Media file photo
MIDDLETOWN The city of Middletown is one of 27 municipalities in Connecticut being awarded grant funding to increase vaccine equity.
In total, the city will be receiving $115,519 to “ensure vaccinations are conducted in an equitable manner to communities of color, vulnerable populations, those with limited English proficiency, and those living at the margins of our economy,” according to Middletown Acting Health Director Kevin Elak.
Locally, the Vaccine Equity Partnership Grant is a collaboration between the Middletown Health Department, Ministerial Health Fellowship and Middlesex Health.
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.
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Registered nurse Carla Ocampo, from the Community Health Center, administers a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to resident Helene Smith on March 25, 2021, at the AHEPA 250-II apartments in Waterford. Gov. Ned Lamont s sudden change to an age-based rollout effectively jettisoned hours of work that vaccine advisory committee members put in when they thought essential workers and people with health risks would be prioritized for access. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
Published April 16. 2021 5:15PM | Updated April 16. 2021 9:56PM
JENNA CARLESSO, The Connecticut Mirror
In early March, a subcommittee charged with educating the public on aspects of the COVID-19 vaccine met for what would likely be its last time. The single-dose Johnson & Johnson shot had just been granted emergency authorization, and members discussed what kind of outreach health officials might be able to do with the vaccine.