The program was created in July as a way to provide cost-free surveillance testing to areas with high transmission rates of the novel coronavirus. Hinds said when it was announced over the summer, the Berkshire delegation was upset to see that there were not any sites in Berkshire County. The closest site for asymptomatic testing for some time was Springfield. We felt it was important to make sure we had this type of a tool for the region, Hinds said. Berkshire Health Systems, in partnership with the state Department of Public Health, began offering the free testing of asymptomatic individuals this week at three locations.
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. Berkshire Medical Center was prepared Monday for the first delivery of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19. The vaccine, given emergency authorization for use last week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, must be kept at super cold temperatures of at least minus-70 degree Celsius. It s being distributed in a packaging the so-called pizza box that will allow doses to be kept cold with dry ice for at least a few weeks. But it s easier to use an ultra-cold freezer, which arrived at BMC on Wednesday from the Berkshire Innovation Center. We are deeply grateful to the Berkshire Innovation Center and its staff for helping Berkshire Health Systems in its efforts to effectively distribute the COVID-10 vaccine, Director of Media Relations Michael Leary wrote in an email.
PITTSFIELD â The first shipment of Pfizer s coronavirus vaccine is expected to arrive at Berkshire Medical Center on Tuesday.
That shipment will include 1,950 doses for Berkshire Health Systems, according to Michael Leary, communications director for BHS, which owns Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield and Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington, as well as other medical facilities across the county. Our plan is to begin administration of the vaccine across the system on Thursday morning and into next week, prioritizing the staff of the Emergency Departments at BMC and North Adams Campus and Fairview, BHS Urgent Care, ICU and COVID-19 units, he said. This will include not just clinicians, but other employees who are dedicated to these areas, such as housekeepers, dietary, security, etc.
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