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Uber donates 30,000 free rides to vaccine sites for CT residents
HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) In an effort to get as many people access to a COVID-19 vaccine, the United Way of Connecticut, Community Health Center, Inc. and Uber are coming together to provide free rides to vaccine sites.
Uber is donating 30,000 free rides for those who have limited access to transportation so that they can get to a COVID-19 vaccine appointment.
Connecticut residents can utilize this service to travel to and from appointments across the state.
“These Uber rides act as another tool in our Connecticut toolbox to maximize vaccine access to tens of thousands of Connecticut residents,” Gov. Ned Lamont said in a statement. “This resource and partnership will allow so many of our neighbors to get their shot without worrying how they will get to and from the vaccination site. I want to thank Uber and our Connecticut partners for forging this commitment.”
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In New Haven, the pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine forced the city to delay yesterday s mobile clinic to today.
City and health officials said the remainder of the clinics scheduled for this week will go on as planned. They were all planning to use the Johnson & Johnson vaccine until the FDA put a pause on it.
Now, city leaders said they will be using the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.
The same goes for the upcoming eight mobile clinics scheduled in Hartford, including the one today next to City Hall. Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the CDC, explains what to monitor if you recently received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
A walk-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic is being held at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven on Wednesday and Thursday. Officials said the Moderna vaccine will be.