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The new site, www.getvaccinatedberkshires. org, was developed to provide a consolidated resource with information about the COVID-19 vaccines, to provide resources on the state s Vaccination Phases and vaccine availability, and to aid the public in making appointments at the three large mass vaccination clinic sites in the Berkshires. The Berkshire Vaccine Collaborative has established vaccination sites in Pittsfield at the Berkshire Community College Field House, in Great Barrington at the WEB Du Bois Middle School and in North Adams at St. Elizabeth of Hungary s Parish Center. Vaccine clinics are now scheduled for early February to begin vaccinations for the first part of Phase 2, which includes anyone aged 75 and older. ....
ON VACCINES, CALL. AND CALL AGAIN: All people 75 and older are now eligible to sign up for the vaccine. Anyone who has not received their firs⦠By the time registration opened for people 75 and older on the Massachusetts vaccination website Wednesday, many Berkshire County seniors and their loved ones already had spent hours trying to figure out how to secure a slot. They stayed up until midnight, or woke early, only to find that the Phase Two clinics were not available yet. Even after appointment sign-ups began about noon, website issues bogged down the process. While some residents sped through the sign-ups, others described sites that would not load, forms that froze and pharmacies with no available appointments. ....
ON VACCINES, CALL. AND CALL AGAIN: All people 75 and older are now eligible to sign up for the vaccine. Anyone who has not received their first dose in Phase ....
State's latest advice on vaccine hunt: Call. Then call again. What you need to know berkshireeagle.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from berkshireeagle.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
As demand outstrips supply in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Berkshire County has emerged as a leader in Massachusetts. In an update to lawmakers Thursday morning, Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders said that the county had the highest vaccination rate per capita so far in the commonwealth, according to state representatives who were on the call. About 7 percent of county residents have received at least one dose, lawmakers told The Eagle, citing the secretary. They said Sudders credited the Berkshires for successful collaboration between private health care providers and public health officials. âShe gave special recognition of how well we have worked out here,â said state Rep. John Barrett III, D-North Adams. âWith Berkshire Health Systems being the depot center, thatâs something they are using for a model now statewide.â ....