Downtown Worcester free COVID-19 testing site busy before Christmas
WORCESTER – Kionna Hazzard is hoping she can spend Christmas at her aunt s house.
Hazzard, of Southbridge, was among many others at the COVID-19 testing site inside Mercantile Center at 201 Commercial St. on Tuesday.
She just returned from a trip to Puerto Rico and said she wanted to be tested. If the test is negative, she said, she is going to spend Christmas at her aunt’s house. If the test is positive, she’s staying home alone.
William Smith, project manager for the testing site, said he has been seeing a big push because of Christmas. People want to get a clean bill of health so they can spend the holidays with their immediate family, he said.
UMass Memorial and Harrington health care systems, seeking merger, file with state regulatory agencies
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
UMass Memorial Health Care and Harrington Health Care System, seeking to become officially affiliated, have taken another step forward in the process by filing with state regulatory agencies.
The health care systems have jointly submitted the first in a series of required filings for UMass Memorial to become the parent company of Harrington, UMass Memorial said in a statement Tuesday. This would make Harrington Hospital, system employees and the medical group members of the UMass Memorial Health Care system.
UMass Memorial said it anticipates it could take up to four months to complete the final regulatory steps.
First COVID vaccine given in long-term care facility; first patient at a New England nursing facility
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
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A 95-year-old New England resident was the first in a long-term care facility to get the COVID vaccine.
Jeanne Peters, a rehab patient at The Reservoir in West Hartford, Conn., was given the first COVID-19 vaccination in a long-term care facility through a program with CVS.
The program formally launched on Monday with the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine going to facilities across 12 states. The company expects to vaccinate up to four million residents and staff at over 40,000 long-term care facilities through the program, CVS said in a statement.
Free COVID-19 testing in Worcester this week
Telegram & Gazette Staff
Free COVID-19 testing is being offered in Worcester this week.
There are two free sessions at the Mercantile Center. No appointment necessary. Use the entrance at 201 Commercial St.
- 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday and Tuesday.
The testing is sponsored by the city of Worcester and the UMass Memorial Health Care COVID-19 Equity Task Force.
Free testing is also available at Quinsigamond Community College, 670 West Boylston St. An appointment is required. Call (508) 847-0623 or go online. Testing is offered by AIDS Project Worcester.
The schedule is different for Christmas week:
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UMass Medical School Communications December 21, 2020
As this unprecedented year comes to a close, the Office of Communications is rerunning some of the big stories of 2020 that highlight the incredible work of the UMass Medical School community. From the first-in-the-nation early graduation of our medical students to the essential clinical research that lead to a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, from the tremendous growth of the institution’s research funding to ground broken on the new research and education building, we have so much to be proud of. Look for these stories on UMassMed News