New drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic to open at GCC
Vials of at the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 4/19/2021 5:17:50 PM
GREENFIELD A new centralized drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic will open at Greenfield Community College, with the first ones being held Thursday and Friday.
The clinic, run by the Franklin Regional Council of Governments’ (FRCOG’s) Cooperative Public Health Service, will welcome everyone 18 years old and older.
The state opened eligibility to everyone 16 years old and older on Monday, but the drive-thru at GCC will administer the Moderna vaccine, which is not currently approved for those ages 16 and 17. Pfizer is the only vaccine approved for that age group.
New drive-thru vaccine clinic to open at GCC
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Modified: 4/21/2021 1:41:24 PM
GREENFIELD – A new centralized drive-thru COVID vaccine clinic will open at Greenfield Community College with the first ones being held Thursday and Friday.
The clinic, run by Franklin Regional Council of Governments’s Cooperative Public Health Service, will welcome everyone 18 years old and older.
The state opened eligibility to everyone 16 years old and older on Monday, but the drive-thru at GCC will administer Moderna vaccine, which is not currently approved for those ages 16 and 17. Pfizer/BioNTech is the only vaccine approved for that age group.
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Lisa White, regional public health nurse for the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) holds vials of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in South Deerfield at Tree House Brewing. FRCOG plans to centralize its vaccine clinics at a site to be determined. STAFF FILE PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 4/12/2021 4:55:50 PM
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Jenny Potee, public health nurse for New Salem, gives New Salem resident Lori Lunn a COVID-19 vaccine in the parking lot of Ralph C. Mahar Regional School in Orange in February. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz
Vials of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in South Deerfield. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 4/7/2021 5:11:04 PM
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