Larger local COVID-19 vaccine clinics to close by end of May
Licensed Practical Nurse Nancy Hayes administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Ware resident Christina Sajdak at the John Zon Community Center in Greenfield. Sajdak’s husband Donald Sajdak (right) was also vaccinated. The clinic will close at the end of the day on Friday. STAFF FILE PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
People are vaccinated in their vehicles at the drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Greenfield Community College. The clinic’s last day will be May 25. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 5/12/2021 6:36:20 PM
GREENFIELD The city’s COVID-19 vaccine clinic will close at the end of the day on Friday and the drive-thru clinic run by the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) at Greenfield Community College will follow on May 25, leaving doctors, health centers, hospitals and pharmacies to finish the job of vaccinating the rest of the county.
With drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic open at GCC, Greenfield to close its site May 15
Volunteer Amy Podlenski and Franklin/Berkshire Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator Carmela Lanza-Weil at the drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Greenfield Community College in Greenfield. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
People are vaccinated in their vehicles and then directed to a waiting area at the drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Greenfield Community College in Greenfield, which opened April 22. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
People are vaccinated in their vehicles at the drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Greenfield Community College in Greenfield, which opened Thursday. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 4/25/2021 4:15:05 PM
New drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic to open at GCC
Vials of at the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 4/19/2021 5:17:50 PM
GREENFIELD A new centralized drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic will open at Greenfield Community College, with the first ones being held Thursday and Friday.
The clinic, run by the Franklin Regional Council of Governments’ (FRCOG’s) Cooperative Public Health Service, will welcome everyone 18 years old and older.
The state opened eligibility to everyone 16 years old and older on Monday, but the drive-thru at GCC will administer the Moderna vaccine, which is not currently approved for those ages 16 and 17. Pfizer is the only vaccine approved for that age group.
FRCOG moves toward central vaccine center with second-dose clinic at GCC
Lisa White, regional public health nurse for the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) holds vials of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in South Deerfield at Tree House Brewing. FRCOG plans to centralize its vaccine clinics at a site to be determined. STAFF FILE PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 4/12/2021 4:55:50 PM
GREENFIELD The Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) and its Cooperative Public Health Service are taking the first step to transitioning from administering the COVID-19 vaccine at rotating satellite or “spoke” clinics to a single larger site by holding a second-dose clinic at Greenfield Community College on May 7.
Greenfield, FRCOG to open one larger vaccination site; spoke clinics to close
Jenny Potee, public health nurse for New Salem, gives New Salem resident Lori Lunn a COVID-19 vaccine in the parking lot of Ralph C. Mahar Regional School in Orange in February. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz
Vials of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in South Deerfield. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 4/7/2021 5:11:04 PM
The Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) and its Cooperative Public Health Service have decided to close spoke COVID-19 vaccine clinics over the next few weeks and consolidate with Greenfield’s operations to open one larger clinic where all Franklin County residents can get vaccinated.