All adults in New York are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.
Itâs true that the state stumbled with the rollout of its vaccination program in the beginning. But since then, health authorities have helped to pick up the pace.
Appointments at state- and county-run vaccine clinics are widely available and easy to set. People also can get shots through pharmacies.
Many individuals and organizations have made concerted efforts to ensure everyone is able to get a vaccination.
For example, county officials use lists of senior citizens registered for various programs to bring vaccines to their homes. The North Country Family Health Center sets up mobile clinics in more rural sections of this region.
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is on pause. The federal and state decisions come after 6 people who received the J&J shot reported blood clots. Officials aren’t sure if it is the vaccine, but they re being cautious. Nonetheless, the halt hits here in the north country.
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WATERTOWN â Turning the page into April, the North Country Family Health Center continues to hold vaccine clinics using both state and federal vaccines. In addition to this, the federal vaccinations allow the health center to have mobile sites.
Through the month, the center has scheduled three mobile vaccination sites to bring COVID-19 vaccinations to rural, underserved areas. The first will take place at South Lewis High School in Turin from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 6.
âSouth Lewis happens to be one of our mobile dental sites, so we work with the school already,â said April Fallon, director of marketing and community relations for the North Country Family Health Center. âSo weâre using the school as a site to do it at because itâs the biggest place in the area that we have kind of a relationship with.â
WATERTOWN â Sixty-one different organizations joined to participate in the 2021 #giveNNY campaign, a local effort that unites tri-county nonprofits, in a day of giving on â315Dayâ â Monday, March 15.
The campaign, returning for its fourth year, kicked off Feb. 15, and will culminate with a day of radio broadcasts on Tunes 92.5 FM on Monday, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
All nonprofits in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties were invited to participate as campaign partners.
Agencies coming together to support their work in the north country include, but are not limited to ACR Health, Disabled Persons Action Organization, Indian River Lakes Conservancy, Massena Meals on Wheels, North Country Family Health Center, Potsdam Holiday Fund, St. Lawrence County Arts Council, United Way of NNY, Victims Assistance Center of Jefferson County and the Wanakena Historical Association.