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Millie Landock, Lead Community Health Worker at Project Access New Haven, talks to a client on the phone while doing outreach to connect residents to health providers and social services
New Haven Community Health Worker (CHW) Katia Astudillo helps dozens of her clients navigate the logistics of getting vaccinated and connects them with other health services. She even helps them find rental assistance.
In and around New London, CHW Lizbeth Polo-Smith hands out flyers about COVID-19 safety and vaccinations at churches, laundromats, stores, warming centers for the homeless anywhere she can.
Help us Achieve Community Immunity .
When you get the vaccine you are helping us achieve community immunity, which is when enough people are vaccinated that our communities are safe.
24-Hour Vax-A-Thon
Where: The Artists Collective | 1200 Albany Avenue, Hartford, CT 06112
Who: Individuals age 16+
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The more people who get the vaccine, the closer we are to doing the things we love again: spending time with family; celebrating birthdays and graduations; and going to large public events.
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As eligibility expands to everyone age 16 and older, CT offers more locations to get COVID vaccine
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Nurse Joanne Kombert administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a Hartford HealthCare and St. Vincent s Medical Center vaccination clinic for parishioners of St. Charles Borromeo Church at McGivney Community Center in Bridgeport, Conn., on Tuesday March 23, 2021.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media
As vaccine appointments open to everyone 16 and over in Connecticut Thursday, state officials said more than 100 new pharmacies across the state will start administering the vaccine within the next several days.
With Connecticut officials estimating about half the 1.3 million people age 16 to 44 will rush out for the vaccine, the new pharmacy locations may ease efforts to find appointments as the state works to quickly vaccinate this new group.