‘Incremental’ progress: Maine’s effort to address lead poisoning was gaining momentum before COVID-19
Rose Lundy, Maine Monitor Sat, 06/12/2021 - 10:45am
More than 313,000 units in the state were built before 1978 and may have chipping lead paint, like this home in Lewiston. (Photo by Hannah Rafkin/Maine Monitor)
Lewiston resident Hibo Omer reads the hazard warning about lead paint posted on a Maple Street home in Lewiston. (Photo by Hannah Rafkin/Maine Monitor)
Mahdi Irobe said he paid $1,500 in taxes last year on a home that has been empty since it was declared a lead hazard more than a year ago. (Photo by Hannah Rafkin/Maine Monitor)
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has issued an advisory to health care providers involved in the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, warning them not to give
Maine’s medical networks plan large-scale vaccination clinics
The standalone clinics are necessary because most medical facilities don t have enough space and staffing to administer COVID-19 vaccines to the wider public under pandemic protocols.
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Maine’s major medical networks are planning to set up large-scale, standalone vaccination clinics to help inoculate the wider public against COVID-19 as more vaccine becomes available and more people become eligible.
Mid Coast-Parkview Health, which includes Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, announced plans Friday to establish a regional vaccination clinic that would be able to administer more than 800 vaccine doses daily and be accessible to all eligible patients and community members.