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With supply increasing, state to make COVID vaccines more accessible Julia Bergman FacebookTwitterEmail A pharmacist at Hartford Hospital holds the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.Jessica Hill / Associated Press With supply of the COVID-19 vaccines still on track to outstrip demand in Connecticut by the end of the month, the state is thinking up creative ways it can target those who are reticent or who may not have easy access to getting a shot. Nearly every pharmacy in the state, including those located in supermarkets, are administering the vaccines. Right now, you need an appointment to get vaccinated at those sites. But very soon, people will be able to stop in to get vaccinated without an appointment while out doing their grocery shopping, said Josh Geballe, the state’s chief operating officer. ....
Monthly Yearly Lamont: With thousands fewer J&J COVID vaccine doses, CT will have to make due for a time Dave Altimari :: CT Mirror The West Hartford/Bloomfield Health District opened a new mass vaccination clinic in an abandoned Shop Rite grocery store on the West Hartford/Hartford town line. Some 400 people were vaccinated there on Thursday, April 8, 2021. While manufacturing problems will delay thousands of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine doses from reaching Connecticut in the coming weeks, Gov. Ned Lamont remained optimistic Thursday that a majority of residents will be at least partially immunized against the coronavirus by the end of April. ....
With Johnson & Johnson delay, CT might send college students home half-vaccinated FacebookTwitterEmail About 265 Stamford UConn students move into the 900 Washington BLVD residence hall Friday, August 14, 2020.Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut Media As states hit a delay in their federal supply of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration on Thursday said college students could go home half vaccinated. “Our plan had been to give college students Johnson & Johnson before they leave knowing that we didn’t really have enough time to get them a second dose of (Pfizer or Moderna) before they head home,” said Chief Operating Officer Josh Geballe, outlining the broad strokes of the plan during the governor’s press conference that afternoon. ....
By Keith M. Phaneuf, CT Mirror While manufacturing problems will delay thousands of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine doses from reaching Connecticut in the coming weeks, Gov. Ned Lamont remained optimistic Thursday that a majority of residents will be at least partially immunized against the coronavirus by the end of April. Lamont also used his Thursday briefing on the pandemic to urge young adults to get vaccinated, warning they otherwise could play a key role in spreading the virus. “I think things are stabilizing,” Lamont said, noting that 49% of the eligible Connecticut population individuals age 16 and older have received at least one dose of the vaccine. ....