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Justine Feder-Lailer administers the COVID-19 vaccine to Brandon Mandalal of Schenectady at the Guyanese Community Center on March 13. Targeted outreach to communities has helped bring Schenectady County to the fourth-highest level of vaccination in the state.
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Mass vaccination sites in the Capital Region now have more doses than takers.
Early Friday afternoon, the big state-run clinics in Albany and Guilderland both had scores of appointments available for later Friday afternoon, a scenario that would unthinkable fairly recently. And late Friday afternoon, they had a combined total of roughly 1,500 appointments available over the weekend, 8,000 over the next seven days.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a House Select Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington April 15, 2021. (Amr Alfiky/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
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Some big names in national politics will be playing a role in the graduation ceremonies of Capital Region colleges this spring.
Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases and the central federal official in the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, will be honored as part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s commencement ceremony on May 22. And former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is slated to serve as a virtual commencement speaker for the May 30 Siena College graduation ceremony.
Albany County taking walk-ins at Thursday vaccination clinic
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Albany County Health Commissioner Dr. Elizabeth Whalen, center, is seen at the second dose COVID-19 vaccine clinic held at the Times Union Center on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021 in Albany, N.Y. Albany County has a walk-in clinic at the Times Union Center Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union
ALBANY The Albany County Department of Health will be accepting walk-ins to a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Times Union Center on Thursday, officials announced Wednesday.
The first-dose clinic is scheduled to run from 2 to 7 p.m. at the arena on Albany’s South Pearl Street. Walk-ins will be accepted from 2 to 6 p.m., county spokeswoman Mary Rozak said.
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There may be some additional coronavirus vaccines available at the Times Union Center on Thursday, April 1.
Albany County Executive Dan McCoy says they would come at the end of a clinic.
If you can get to there with a 30 to 60 minute lead-time, you can add your name to a standby list by emailing COVIDVaccineStandbyList@albanycounty.gov.
Please include your full name, date of birth, phone number, and email.