Three new COVID-19 vaccination sites are opening across the state today. This comes as more people are eligible to get the vaccine. Right now, people ages 75.
Supply chain: How Connecticut distributes vaccines
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It’s no secret that there is a limited supply of vaccine doses.
“We need more vaccines,” Gov. Ned Lamont said during his Thursday press briefing. “We have the capacity to vaccinate a lot more people.”
Josh Geballe, Lamont’s chief operating officer, said the same: “We are in a position of scarcity in Connecticut at the moment.”
Deciding how to distribute what vaccine doses are available is a matter of balancing competing interests, and the goalpost has moved as more local providers get up to speed.
“I’m a nurse by profession so just to see that we are now going out to the community and getting people on the safe track, getting them vaccines, it’s wonderful to see,” said Appiah, who is a site leader at the Athletic Center site.
Bond says the location was chosen because it’s part of their public health preparedness plan.
“We are excited this is an ideal location it’s central to the city, it’s off the bus line,” said Bond.
In New Haven, a second location is now open at the Lanman Center on Ashman Street. From the early days of COVID testing to new vaccination sites, health equity and access has been a goal.
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) On Friday, New Haven leaders gave a sneak peek at one of the mass vaccination sites that will help usher in a new chapter in the state’s response to the pandemic.
The Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven is ready to serve the community in a whole new way.
“It’s just interesting to see how things can be transformed and we can transform an athletic center into something that can provide care and access to be able to protect the health of individuals,” said Maritza Bond, New Haven’s director of Health.
On Monday, the athletic center will become one of three mass vaccination sites in New Haven, joining the Lanman Center and Yale’s West Campus.
Hall of Famer Floyd Little has died, but in New Haven his name lives on
When Hillhouse H.S. named the athletic center after him, he was thrilled and delighted to let it be known how proud I am to be from New Haven. Author: Associated Press, Bill Flood Published: 8:39 PM EST January 2, 2021 Updated: 2:17 AM EST January 3, 2021
NEW HAVEN, Conn. Floyd Little, the New Haven native who became a star running back who starred at Syracuse and for the Denver Broncos, has died. He was 78.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame said he died Friday night at his home in Nevada. No cause was given.