First responders from Marion, Mattapoisett, Rochester and Wareham are eligible for the vaccination.
MARION Tri-Town firefighters, police and emergency medical personnel will be able to receive the vaccine in Marion starting next week.
Town Administrator Jay McGrail announced at a Jan. 5 Selectmen’s meeting that Marion has been approved as a covid vaccine clinic, and will begin inoculating first responders next week.
First responders from Marion, Mattapoisett, Rochester and Wareham are eligible for the vaccination, which will be distributed at the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center starting Monday.
“We’ve trained with our flu clinics we’ve had,” McGrail said. “This is the first step in us being able to vaccinate the public in our communities.”
Firefighters, emergency medical services, and police officers in Wareham are set to begin receiving the coronavirus vaccine on Monday.
Wareham officials are collaborating with those from Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester to distribute about 400 vaccines to first responders. The vaccine will be administered by Public Health Nurses and staff from the Tri-Town and Wareham.
Marion Town Administrator Jay McGrail said there are around 400 eligible first responders in the Tri-Town and Wareham, all of whom will have to make an appointment to receive the vaccine.
Marion’s Public Health Nurse Lori Desmarais also updated the Board of Health at a Jan. 5 meeting on plans for the vaccination clinics.
Written by Wilton First Selectwoman, Lynne Vanderslice
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th at noon and January 5
th at 9:00 a.m., the CT Small Business Development Administration will hold informational webinars about new COVID small business relief programs. Registration information is available on their website, as is other helpful resources.
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BMC rolls out Covid vaccination plan, begins vaccine training in Mumbai
BMC rolls out Covid vaccination plan, begins vaccine training in Mumbai
The BMC in Mumbai has rolled out a Covid vaccination plan. The civic body on Monday completed training of about 70 master trainers including 12 senior doctors from medical colleges, 16 from peripheral hospitals and 24 Assistant Medical Officers (AMO).
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Training programme conducted at Dadar. (Picture credit: Mangesh Ambre)
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to train 6,182 vaccinators in Mumbai till the first week of January. On Monday, the civic body completed training of about 70 master trainers including 12 senior doctors from medical colleges, 16 from peripheral hospitals and 24 Assistant Medical Officers (AMO).
Longmeadow COVID-19 public health coordinator post to expire at end of month
Updated Dec 19, 2020;
Posted Dec 19, 2020
Cheryl Messer-Lusty was hired as Longmeadow s COVID-19 Public Health Coordinator on Oct. 21. The position was funded until Dec. 31 through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
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LONGMEADOW Unless funding from the CARES Act is extended or another source is identified, some of the resources that have been established during the COVID-19 pandemic will come to an end by the end of the year.
In Longmeadow, that funding includes a position for a COVID-19 public health coordinator, according to Town Manager Lyn Simmons. The position was created to fill a gap that was identified over the summer when the community was more in a lull, she said.