Maineâs mobile vaccination unit offering shots without an appointment Share Updated: 5:22 PM EDT Apr 19, 2021 Share Updated: 5:22 PM EDT Apr 19, 2021
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Show Transcript AND MARY CATE HOW CAN MAINERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS VACCINE CENTER? TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY MAINERS CAN DRIVE UP TO THE COVID-19 MOBILE VACCINE CLINIC IN WINDHAM -AND GET A SHOT WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT FROM 1:30 TO 4:30 THROUGH THURSDAY. THESE CARS BEHIND ME HAV FOLKS WAITING 15 MINS TO A HALF HOUR AFTER GETTING THEIR SHOT. THIS CLINIC WITH FEMA AIMS TO BOOST ACCESS OUTSIDE OF MAJOR CITIES IN THE STATE, AND WAS IN OXFORD LAST WEEK. THEY SWITCHED TO THE MODERNA VACCINE AS THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON 1 DOSE SHOT WAS RECOMMENDED TO BE PAUSED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THEY HAVE THAT OPEN WINDOW FOR DRIVE UPS DEPENDING ON SUPPLY. WE WANT TO DO 400 VACCINATIONS A DAY HERE IF WE CAN WE HAVE ALREADY GOT ONE SCHEDULE 300 ON APPOINTMENTS SO WE ARE ABLE TO GET ON TROUGH AND
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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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Mobile COVID-19 vaccination unit to help vaccinate Mainers in rural, underserved areas Share Updated: 2:04 PM EDT Apr 6, 2021 Coronavirus Vaccine Share Updated: 2:04 PM EDT Apr 6, 2021 The state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Tuesday a partnership that will bring a mobile COVID-19 vaccination unit to rural or underserved parts of Maine.The mobile vaccination unit is only the second of its kind in New England, according to Gov. Janet Mills.It will begin offering vaccines on April 12 and will travel to 11 locations across the state over the next two months.The MVU is expected to vaccinate at least 250 people per day, utilizing the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine in order to maximize efficiency.“The clinic will complement our existing vaccination efforts well and allow people in rural communities to more easily get the vaccine, protecting their health and that of their loved ones and helping us to win the fight against CO