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The Day - COVID-19 vaccinations ramping up this weekend at Mohegan Sun site - News from southeastern Connecticut


Mohegan Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz toured Mohegan Sun’s COVID-19 vaccination site Friday, pointing to the Mohegan Tribe’s collaboration with Yale New Haven Health and Lawrence + Memorial Hospital as a prime example of the kind of partnerships that are helping propel the rollout of the vaccines in Connecticut.
The tribe has committed about 20,000 square feet of meeting-room space in its Earth Expo & Convention Center, where YNHH and L+M staffers have been manning scores of vaccination stations since the site opened Feb. 19.
Before Friday, they’d administered some 2,000 vaccinations, a number they expect to more than double by the end of this weekend, L+M officials said. About 350 doses of the Pfizer vaccine were to be given Friday, with 1,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine scheduled Saturday and more than 1,000 Pfizer doses Sunday. ....

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