PORTSMOUTH The Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center will be utilizing Portsmouth’s Senior Activity Center to vaccinate VA healthcare-enrolled veterans, regardless of age, with appointments required.
The clinic, according to Senior Activity Center senior coordinator Brinn Sullivan, will take place this Saturday, March 6, when veterans will receive the first dose of either the Pfizer or the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Most importantly, Sullivan emphasized, the vaccination clinic, which is run by the Manchester VAMC with their own team, is accepting enrolled veterans through appointments only. It is not a drop-in clinic, and appointments are being made based on vaccine supply availability.
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.
For Seniors Who Can t Drive to COVID Vaccine Appointments, NH City Worker Offers a Lift Katherine Underwood
Brinn Sullivan in her Portsmouth, New Hampshire, city van
While the coronavirus vaccine rollout is going relatively smoothly in New Hampshire, one city is finding that its older residents are struggling to find transportation to their vaccine appointments.
A Portsmouth city worker will now transport any of the city’s 3,500 seniors who need help getting to their vaccine appointment.
Brinn Sullivan, the city s senior services supervisor, doesn’t normally take people to medical appointments, but these aren t normal times.
“The fear I hear in people’s voices when they call is real,” Sullivan said Friday.