BOSTON A state-run vaccination site is coming to Cape Cod. Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment Director Sean O’Brien tells The Cape Cod Times the state has committed to opening a “soup to nuts” COVID-19 vaccination site on the famous vacation destination as soon as February. The specific location of the vaccine site […]
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The first day that it was up and running, a hotline that offers to answer COVID-19 testing and vaccination questions for Cape Cod residents was bombarded with calls, 990 of them in the first eight and a half hours, officials said.
Staffed by 15 volunteers from the county s Cape Cod Medical Reserve Corps, the hotline aims to smooth over some of the confusion and frustration around the state s rollout of the vaccine by fielding questions about testing and vaccination sites, vaccine eligibility and more at 774-330-3001.
Public dissatisfaction with the pace of the vaccine rollout has been a persistent theme during the weekly updates provided from the Cape Cod COVID-19 Response Task Force and remained so Thursday. As he s done for about a month now, Sen. Julian Cyr of Truro urged people to be patient and defended the Baker administration s phased approach to the rollout. He also placed blame for the sputtering process on the Trump administration.
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Vaccinations will also be available at three pharmacies on Cape Cod and at certain doctors offices, though state officials have yet to share details on where and when those doses will arrive. (Montana Samuels/Patch)
BARNSTABLE, MA State officials have committed to opening a COVID-19 vaccination site on Cape Cod, officials with the Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment told the Cape Cod Times.
Department Director Sean O Brien told the newspaper the site could open as soon as February, and more details will be available over the next few days. O Brien and his staff are expected to meet with state officials to discuss possible locations for the vaccination site later this week. He also told the Cape Cod Times vaccinations will also be available at three pharmacies on Cape Cod and at certain doctors offices, though state officials have yet to share details on where and when those doses will arrive.