NORTH PROVIDENCE – The town’s first in a series of vaccine clinics for residents age 75 and older over the weekend was seamless and left everyone “very, very happy and satisfied,” said Mayor Charles Lombardi.
The mayor said a total of 259 people were vaccinated in the closed-pod clinic at North Providence High School last Saturday.
“Not one vaccine was left over,” he said, adding that he told Fire Chief John Silva, the town’s EMA director, that with vaccines at a shortage, there was no option to have any left at the end of the day.
Lombardi thanked Silva and the Fire Department, as well as Linda Giorgio and staff at the North Providence Mancini Center and other volunteers, for their work in making the first clinic such a success.
NORTH PROVIDENCE – The town will host its first vaccination clinic for senior residents Friday, Feb. 19, at the North Providence High School cafeteria, working off a list of residents age 75 and older compiled in Town Hall and at the North Providence Mancini Center.
Mayor Charles Lombardi said he expects quite a number of people to come off the waiting list before Friday after hearing that many have been able to get COVID-19 vaccines through CVS or Walgreens. The town’s clinics will be in the form of a closed pod, meaning residents must sign up on the town website in advance and the events will only be accessible to specific lists of people.
NORTH PROVIDENCE – The town will host its first vaccination clinic for senior residents Friday, Feb. 19, at the North Providence High School cafeteria, working off a list of residents age 75 and older compiled in Town Hall and at the North Providence Mancini Center.
Mayor Charles Lombardi said he expects quite a number of people to come off the waiting list before Friday after hearing that many have been able to get COVID-19 vaccines through CVS or Walgreens. The town’s clinics will be in the form of a closed pod, meaning residents must sign up on the town website in advance and the events will only be accessible to specific lists of people.
2/2/2021
After opening pilot round, town starts vaccination clinic Feb. 14
Bob Sagnella, of Lincoln, says the worst part about the virus is the isolation, and he feels lucky to be getting the vaccine, last Saturday at Smithfield High School. (Breeze photo by Charles Lawrence)
NORTH PROVIDENCE – After an initial rocky pilot of vaccines to North Providence residents in neighboring Providence over the weekend, the town will begin its own vaccination clinic at North Providence High School starting the week of Feb. 14.
“We will continue with the population of 75 years of age and older and then schedule other age groups until all town residents are vaccinated,” said Fire Chief and Director of Emergency Management John Silva in a statement.
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Citing rising COVID-19 cases and growing absences among students and staff, Supt. Joseph Goho announced last Friday that North Providence schools would be moving back to distance learning.
Virtual learning for all students will begin next Monday and will extend through Jan. 8, impacting a total of eight school days. Goho said this was the most prudent decision for the district right now, when COVID-19 rates are at an all-time high in the state.
The announcement came the morning after Gov. Gina Raimondo told superintendents who have decided to go virtual “to look yourself in the mirror and try a little harder because I think the kids deserve better.”