The Neshaminy Mall and the Bensalem Senior Center on Byberry Road will host vaccination clinics when vaccines against the coronavirus become more readily available, Bensalem Mayor Joseph DiGirolamo announced Monday night.
Neither site is open and he did not give any indication when they would be ready. He also did not say who would run the clinics, who would be eligible or how to sign up for an appointment.
The mayor said at the township Council meeting, hosted on Zoom Monday night, that the township has been inundated with calls from people wanting to get the vaccine. Everyone wants to know when it s out. Most are seniors wanting to know why we can t get it, he further explained in a phone call Tuesday. He said his office gets at least five to 10 calls a day.
Bucks and Montgomery County hospitals have started vaccinating people against the fast-spreading COVID-19 virus, but, for now, it s an invitation-only event.
Local hospitals have started scheduling appointments and distributing the vaccine, but some are only offering appointments to patients in their own health systems who meet the eligibility criteria, officials said.
Later this month Lower Bucks Hospital anticipates it will begin distributing the COVID-19 vaccine to the first individuals who signed up through Bucks County agencies.
The dates for the vaccine clinic at the Bristol Township hospital were pending as of Tuesday, spokeswoman Michelle Aliprantis said.
The hospital is scheduling patients through the Bucks County Health Improvement Project and the county Department of Health, Aliprantis said.