As of March 19, people aged 45 and up became eligible.
Priority access was granted to those with certain medical conditions and intellectual disabilities on April 1.
All other adults were also able to make appointments on April 1.
People aged 16 and up were able to create a Vaccine Administration Management System, or VAMS, accounts on March 31. Getting in the VAMS system is the first step to registering for a vaccine appointment through the state.
A link to the VAMS site can be found here.
In addition to an
online appointment system, there is a telephone appointment system for people who don t have computer access to schedule an appointment. The number isÂ
Newly opened MiraVista hospital in Holyoke launches addiction services; hopes to open psychiatric beds next week
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MiraVista Behavioral Health Center at 1233 Main St. in Holyoke is located at the former site of Providence Behavioral Health Hospital. (Don Treeger | The Republican)
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HOLYOKE MiraVista Behavioral Health Center began offering addiction services this week at the former Providence Behavioral Health Hospital and hopes to open inpatient psychiatric beds next week.
Mercy Medical Center, part of Trinity Health Of New England, was scheduled to end its predominately outpatient addiction services Wednesday. It was announced in February that the 1233 Main St. site had been sold by Mercy for $4 million to Health Partners New England and GFI Realty, which renamed the facility MiraVista.
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Springfield, 6 other Western Massachusetts communities remain at ‘high risk’ of COVID
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SPRINGFIELD Springfield recorded 548 new cases of COVID-19 last week bringing April’s total to 1,278, said Mayor Domenic J. Sarno during a weekly update on the pandemic at City Hall.
“We are still in the red, we cannot be lax. We must wear still wear our masks and take the necessary precautions,” Sarno said Tuesday.
Other Western Massachusetts communities still at high risk include Chicopee, Holyoke, Ludlow, Monson, South Hadley and West Springfield.
Sarno read reports from the Police Department, Fire Department and Department of Public Works noting that only one firefighter is out with COVID-19 at this time.
“Luckily, there was a very grassroots effort with a lot of men and women who like sewing so they could’ve made these masks for people,” Mazo said.
At the same time, the state of Connecticut was leveraging relationships with vendors across the globe to get masks to healthcare workers, nursing homes and the general public.
“Our procurement department and our emergency operations team basically had to rip up the usual procurement playbook and started scouring the earth for masks wherever we can find them,” Josh Geballe, Connecticut s chief operating officer said.
Since then, supply has held steady and for local businesses like Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy in West Hartford, the shelves for masks are slimming down.