FALL RIVER Not every Phase 2 vaccination site in Fall River will be rolling into action on Monday.
Both CVS on President Avenue and Walgreens on Plymouth Avenue will begin administering COVID-19 vaccines on that first day of Phase 2, as part of the commonwealth’s long-term vaccination program.
But that’s not the case for the new regional inoculation site on the campus of Bristol Community College.
That site won’t swing into action until Wednesday, according to Elaina Pevide, spokeswoman for Mayor Paul Coogan.
And Pevide said the regional site on Elsbree Street “for the foreseeable future” will only be open to the public on Wednesdays.
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The Lompoc Valley Medical Center’s Comprehensive Care Center, a skilled nursing facility, started vaccinating staff on Dec. 17, the same day the hospital employees were given their first doses.
“Initially, residents of the Comprehensive Care Center were to be vaccinated by Walgreens, in conjunction with the Pharmacy Partnership for Long Term Care Program. However, as this was not happening in a timely manner, LVMC took the initiative and vaccinated the majority of residents on December 28,” LVMC CEO Steve Popkin told Noozhawk reporter Brooke Holland.
Maravilla Santa Barbara administered the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week, in partnership with CVS.
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