York County s first mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic opens Tuesday Share Updated: 5:41 PM EST Mar 2, 2021 Share Updated: 5:41 PM EST Mar 2, 2021
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Show Transcript NOW YORK COUNTY S MASS VACCINE SITE.. PEOPLE CALLING IT AN HISTORIC DAY IN SANFORD.WMTW NEWS 8 S JIM KEITHLEY WAS THERE AS THE FIRST PEOPLE RECEIVED THEIR SHOT. COVER THE BEGINNING WITH EXTERIOR SHOTS- SOT-ANNE-MARIE MASTRACCIO/MAYOR OF SANFORD-23.05.41 TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A VERY LONG TIME I CAN HONESTLY SAY - I DON T MISS MARSHALL S AT ALL. SOT-DR. NIRAV SHAH/DIRECTOR MAINE CDC-23.09.59 PARKING IS ABUNDANCE AND OF COURSE THERE S MEN S FASHIONS AND CHILDREN S FASHIONS AND INCREDIBLE SAVINGS AND INCREDIBLE SELECTIONS EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK. POKING FUN OF THE SIGNS THAT STILL REMAIN - BUT THIS LOCATION MARKS A SIGN OF THE TIMES..WHERE A MASSIVE NUMBER OF MAINERS WILL RECEIVE THEIR COVID-19 VACCINATIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, CHUCK AND MARY RICH - HUSBAND AND
How MaineHealth determines where its allocation of COVID-19 vaccines goes Share Updated: 8:52 AM EST Feb 24, 2021 Share Updated: 8:52 AM EST Feb 24, 2021
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Show Transcript EQUITY. BUT THE BIG STRAIN CONTINUES TO BE THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO MORE VACCINATIONS. NOW THEY JUST NEED MORE DOSES. 12:39 IT S SORT OF LIKE A MOVING TARGET MAINE HEALTH S CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER DR. JOAN BOOMSMA, SAYS POPULATION IS A BIG DRIVER IN DETERMINING WHERE THEY SEND COVID-19 VACCINE DOSES WITHIN THEIR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. EACH WEEK SHE TRACKS THE PERCENTAGE OF 70 YEAR OLDS THAT HAVE BEEN VACCINATE IN EACH COUNTY, THIS WEEK THREE COUNTIES YORK FRANKLIN AND OXFORD HAVE A LOWER PERCENTAGE: 5:01 DOCTOR JOAN BOOMSMA CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER MAINE HEALTH WE WORKED WITH OUR HOSPITAL IN OXFORD STEPHENS MEMORIAL TO INCREASE THEIR CAPACIT AND MAKE SURE THAT THE VACCINE WAS AVAILABLE IN THAT COMMUNITY. LOOKING AT THIS PAST WEEK VACCINE ALLOCATIONS WENT TO MAINE MEDIC
Maine s 3rd mass vaccination site expected to open in Sanford in mid-February
Maine’s first mass COVID-19 vaccination center opened up in Bangor Tuesday morning and the second one opened at the former Scarborough Downs on Wednesday. Author: Griffin Stockford (NEWS CENTER Maine), Roslyn Flaherty (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 12:42 PM EST February 4, 2021 Updated: 1:26 PM EST February 28, 2021
SANFORD, Maine Maine s third mass vaccination site is expected to open in Sanford in mid-February.
The site will be on Main Street, where a Marshall s store used to be.
The York County Emergency Management Agency says its goal is to vaccinate 1,000 people per day, which it says depends on vaccine availability. The plan is for the site to be open eight to 12 hours a day to meet the demand.