COVID-19 vaccinations for first responders are prepared at the St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish Center in North Adams. The state ordered a pause Tuesday in administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccines, amid blood clot concerns. EAGLE FILE PHOTO
PITTSFIELD â Nicole Jones missed work Tuesday to get a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 shot at a Walgreens in North Adams.
When she was five minutes away, a voicemail message landed: Her appointment was canceled because of an indefinite pause in administering J&J vaccines amid a federal safety review, and the drugstore wasnât booking future slots.
Jones, an office administrator who lives in Pittsfield, has multiple health problems and has, for months, tried to find an appointment for the one-jab vaccine that didnât require her to miss a second day of work.
North Adams Sees The Largest Turnout For Vaccines So Far
It was the longest line they had seen outside of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish Center in North Adams on the clinic’s largest vaccination day yet of the months-long campaign.
Everything went very well for having so many people show up , Recipients were ushered in within a timely matter through the line on the sidewalk, where they filed into place based on the time of their appointment, and into the parish center, where few chairs in the waiting area remained empty.
The clinic, organized by the Berkshire Vaccine Collaborative, gave 1,500 vaccines on Thursday, Most of those shots were first doses, including both Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.
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Many residents still chasing vaccine appointments, I can say is that some people are luckier than others to get their appointment, As of 6 p.m. Monday, new vaccine appointments were listed for the Berkshires, but demand for the appointments continues.
The Berkshire Eagle reports that even as tens of thousands of people are vaccinated every day more are foiled in efforts to secure an appointment.
More than 1 million people in Massachusetts became newly eligible Monday for COVID-19 vaccines, including people age 55 and older and those with one medical condition that puts them at higher risk.
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