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COVID-19: CT First State In Nation To Utilize FEMA Mobile Vaccination Unit COVID-19: CT First State In Nation To Utilize FEMA Mobile Vaccination Unit
Covid-19: CT First State In Nation To Utilize FEMA Mobile Vaccination Unit A new mobile COVID-19 vaccination unit from FEMA is making its national debut in Connecticut. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced that FEMA has loaned the state its mobile vaccination van, which can provide up to 250 vaccinations each day. Hartford Health, Trinity Health, Griffin Health, and UConn Health will be administering the doses at sites across the state. The mobile unit was scheduled to debut on Monday, March 29 at the Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport before making the rounds across the state.  It will utilize the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine so as to avoid having to m…

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COVID-19: Here Are Ways For CT Residents 45-And-Over To Book Vaccine Appointments COVID-19: Here Are Ways For CT Residents 45-And-Over To Book Vaccine Appointments
Covid-19: Here Are Ways For CT Residents 45-And-Over To Book Vaccine Appointments Approximately 400,000 more Connecticut residents are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine as the state continues ramping up its vaccination program at one of the quickest rates in the country. As of Friday, March 19, all Connecticut residents 45 and older can book an appointment to receive the vaccine, joining healthcare workers, nursing home residents and employees, educators, and first responders. To help expedite the process of scheduling an appointment, eligible Connecticut residents can do so online or through the state's telephone hotline. Once the first appointment is made, a…

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COVID-19: Two Major Vaccination Sites Due To Open In Fairfield County COVID-19: Two Major Vaccination Sites Due To Open In Fairfield County
Covid-19: Two Major Vaccination Sites Due To Open In Fairfield County Two new mass COVID-19 vaccination sites are being set up in Fairfield County. Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti announced that the Griffin Health building on Progress Drive and the Hartford HealthCare building on Research Drive are being set up as vaccination sites as more allocations are expected to be distributed to Connecticut by the new federal administration. Lauretti said the sites should be ready for the new week, up and running no later than Monday, Jan. 18. Approximately 1,200 people will be vaccinated per day, pending the supply lasts. According to the mayor, both the sites are close i…

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