Health & Fitness
Vernon's Latest Vaccination Clinic Gets As Downtown As It Gets
Vernon continues to vaccinate area residents.
VERNON, CT — The latest stop for the Vernon Mobile Coronavirus Vaccination Unit was as downtown as it gets Tuesday with a clinic at Central Park adjacent to town hall.
An afternoon walk-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic was staged. A total of 195 Johnson & Johnson vaccines were available and town officials had no idea what to expect since the clinic was strictly a walk-up affair.
"This is good ... very good," Vernon Town Administrator Michael Purcaro said when he saw the crowd.
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It was so packed that Department of Public Works crews needed a second popup tent for the recovery area.
Folks walked in off the sidewalk.
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Several migrant farm workers came over from neighboring Ellington.
People came from Rockville Superior Court — both those in trouble and those who weren't — had vaccines.
Vaccinations at Vernon clinics are free and available to all people who live or work in Connecticut. The J&J vaccine is available only to people 18 or older.
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The clinics are staged by the town of Vernon in partnership with Ellington based Priority Urgent Care.
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