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Portsmouth High School offers COVID vaccine clinic for students
PORTSMOUTH - Portsmouth High School students aged 16 and older can receive their coronavirus vaccine next Monday, April 19, according to Portsmouth Fire Department Chief Todd Germain.
Administered by members of the fire department, up to 650 eligible students will receive their first shot of the Pfizer vaccine. Conducted with the help of Seacoast Public Health Network, the clinic will begin at 8 a.m. and run till either 3 or 4 p.m., Germain said.
“From the fire department perspective, we’re happy to be able to put together the clinic, staff it and get it done. Keep it local,” he said. “This is community helping the community here.”
EXETER – Assistant Fire Chief Justin Pizon said he can begin to see the “light at the end of the tunnel” as he and his fellow firefighters and EMTs prepare to launch mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinics for eligible residents.
Starting March 4, members of the Fire Department tapped by the Seacoast Public Health Network will begin vaccinating residents and staff at the Exeter Housing Authority. He said over the next several weeks, firefighters will fan out to 10 communities for people age 55-plus.
Pizon said firefighters will also make several individual house calls over the next several weeks to reach elderly residents who are unable to leave their home to go to the National Guard’s vaccination site in the Exeter High School football stadium parking lot.
Fire chief pushing state for Portsmouth COVID vaccine site
PORTSMOUTH Fire Chief Todd Germain said he is still working to try to get the state to open a COVID-19 vaccination site in the city.
“I do know that the state is actively pursuing locations in several communities in our area. They have identified a site in our city and visited that site to see if it’s a viable option, but there hasn’t been any decision made at this point,” Germain told the City Council this week.
He also tried to partner with the state on opening a site, but that has not yet been successful.