Springfield councilors call for more money, testing, vaccines to battle COVID Updated Feb 03, 2021; Posted Feb 03, 2021 1/29/2021 - Springfield - A patient received his COVID vaccination from nurse Christa Feeney at Eastfield Mall site on Friday. (Hoang 'Leon' Nguyen / The Republican) Facebook Share SPRINGFIELD — The city needs more. That was the message this week as city councilors met with local department heads and with aides to federal elected officials to plead for more money, more testing and more vaccines to confront the coronavirus pandemic. Councilor Jesse Lederman, chairman of the COVID-19 Response Committee, said Wednesday that his meetings will continue weekly “as a platform to respond to the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, and plan for a just recovery that serves all of our neighborhoods.”