New Hampshire to lift vaccine residency requirement April 19
HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) New Hampshire will remove its residency requirement for the coronavirus vaccination starting April 19.
Republican Gov. Chris Sununu had faced some criticism from Democrats and officials in college communities over the state’s initial decision to prohibit college students from other states other non-residents from being vaccinated in New Hampshire. But that restriction is being lifted because the state anticipates having plenty of doses to go around, Sununu said Thursday.
“We just have so much more availability, we’re gonna have a lot of vaccine here, so we want to get it out to anyone might be here in the state,” he said.
New Hampshire to open COVID vaccine appointments to everyone April 19, do away with residency requirement
Updated 8:47 AM;
Starting April 19, New Hampshire will allow everyone, regardless of which state they’re from, to book an appointment to receive their coronavirus vaccine, the governor of the Granite State announced this week.
Republican Gov. Chris Sununu made the announcement New Hampshire would be doing away with the vaccine residency requirement for those 16 years of age and older over Twitter on Thursday.
“With all states expanding eligibility on April 19, we have confidence that there will not be a run on the system that will cause delays for NH residents,” he said in his tweet.