PITTSFIELD â Officials expect half of city residents will be vaccinated fully in one week, Mayor Linda Tyer said Tuesday, as local vaccine coordinators lean on walk-in clinics to get people inoculated.
âWe are on track to hit the 50 percent fully vaccinated mark by May 18,â Tyer said, adding that 40 percent have received both doses so far for vaccines that require it.
Appointments at the three clinics operated by the Berkshire Vaccine Collaborative have gone unfilled for the past few weeks, which Tyer said state health officials attribute to increasing vaccinations at pharmacies. To reach more people, the collaborative is offering walk-in clinics, and she said 177 doses were administered at the first walk-in clinic at Berkshire Community College last week, with a second held there Tuesday.
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Right now in Massachusetts, over 6.8 million residents have received at least the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 2.93 million or 42% of Bay State residents are fully vaccinated.
If you ve been wanting to be vaccinated but didn t want to fight for appointments, you re now in luck. Vaccine supply from Massachusetts has increased and the Berkshire Vaccine Collaborative is now offering walk-in clinics on specific days at each of the three locations this week.
No pre-registration is necessary for vaccination at this clinic. Walk-ins welcome.
Just show up on a walk-in clinic date and a member of the vaccine team will help you register on-site and prepare for your vaccination. Please remember that if you walk in without an appointment you may be required to wait in line for the next available dose.
PITTSFIELD â Mayor Linda Tyer has submitted her budget proposal to the City Council, foreshadowing the second year of budget talks held under the cloud of the pandemic.
Despite the regionâs success getting shots into arms, there was another sign last week that the pandemic is still very much with us â the Fourth of July Parade, the cityâs largest annual tradition, has been cancelled for the second straight year in a row, while festival organizers brainstorm ways to mark the occasion remotely.
On the budget front, department heads have gone through the process of developing spending plans in concert with municipal Finance Director Matt Kerwood and Tyer. The School Committee adopted its budget request the last week in April, hitting the deadline set by the cityâs charter.
NORTH ADAMS â Emanuela Bunt managed to corral seven of her loved ones into the North Adams walk-in vaccine clinic on Thursday.
âThey went right in, it was so great,â she said. âWhen theyâre vaccinated, I want them all to come over, go on the trampoline, go in the hot tub, and we wonât have to worry. Anyone whoâs vaccinated can come!â
Bunt had struggled to book an appointment early in the process and ended up getting her vaccine more than a month after she became eligible. She was relieved that she could bring so many people she cared about to Thursdayâs clinic and get them vaccinated at the same time, without any hassle.
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