DPH chief: Primary care docs likely to offer COVID vaccines by fall FacebookTwitterEmail A file photo of Connecticut Public Health Commissioner Dr. Deidre GiffordH John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media Responding to objections from doctors who want to provide COVID-19 vaccinations within their own offices, the state’s top public health official said Thursday she expects primary care physicians to be able to offer inoculations by late summer or early fall. The Connecticut State Medical Society is raising the concern, pointing to difficulties some patients have finding vaccine appointments — and to the bond of trust between doctor and patient that could coax some hesitant people to get the vaccination.