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COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics Set to Open in Greenwich

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By Richard Kaufman

COVID-19 vaccination clinics are set to begin in Greenwich this week, as the massive campaign to immunize people all over the country continues.

Greenwich residents who are 75 and older are eligible in Phase 1B to sign up for the COVID-19 vaccine which will be available – by appointment only – at four locations in Town. Walk-ins will not be accepted.

Beginning Jan. 25, Greenwich Hospital will operate a daily clinic at the Brunswick School King Street campus in addition to its Northeast Medical Group location at 500 W. Putnam Ave.

Last Friday evening, First Selectman Fred Camillo announced that Greenwich Hospital had temporarily suspended taking reservations to ensure there is an adequate vaccine supply for the appointments already made.

Family Centers will operate a clinic at the Eastern Greenwich Civic Center in Old Greenwich. And the Greenwich Health Department will have a clinic open three days a week at Town Hall. Details on hours of operation for those two sites will be announced soon.

But Greenwich residents do not need to receive their vaccine shots in Greenwich — all clinics statewide are open to qualifying Connecticut residents.

If you are eligible and want to make a reservation online, you may use the Yale New Haven Health website: ynhhs.org/covidvaccine or the Vaccine Administration Management System (VAMS) via the state Department of Public Health https://dphsubmissions.ct.gov/onlinevaccine to register.

For those who do not have Internet access, information and reservations may be obtained by calling the Yale New Haven Health COVID hotline at 1-833-275-9644; Greenwich’s Commission on Aging at 203-862-6710, or the Greenwich Health Department at 203-622-7703, 203-622-7842, 203-622-7836, 203-622-7865 or 203-622-7614.

Camillo, in his weekly newsletter last Friday, urged residents to be patient due to high call volume.

Registration for residents who qualify for other subsets of Phase 1B is expected to open in February. Specific information on who qualifies for Phase 1B can be found here. Those who are age 65 to 74, front line essential workers, staff and residents of congregate housing, and those age 16 to 64 with comorbidities will be scheduled soon. Details on who are considered front line essential workers can be found here.

For seniors who need a ride to a vaccination clinic, the Transportation Association of Greenwich (TAG) is available. You can either call 203-637-4345 or email at debbie@ridetag.org to make a reservation. The cost is $6 round trip.

TAG follows CDC guidelines, taking temperatures, wearing masks and recently installed shields between the seats for added protection.

The news of vaccination clinics opening in Greenwich comes at a time when there is some improvement to COVID numbers in town.

“We are continuing the downward trend in the number of new cases being diagnosed each day,” Camillo said in his weekly newsletter last Friday night.

According to the latest numbers which were released last Friday night, there were 148 active cases, which was down from 185 active cases from the week before. Greenwich Public Schools reported last Friday that there were 24 active cases among students and staff, one of which could be traced to in-school transmission. However, the number of deaths of Town residents increased from the week before by four, to 79, since the pandemic began.

According to Health Director Caroline Baisley, the age groups most affected by COVID are 11 to 60 years old. As of last Friday afternoon, Greenwich Hospital had 27 patients being treated for COVID, with four in the ICU — two of whom were on ventilators.

The next COVID update will be provided on Wednesday, Jan. 27.

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