Town Unveils New Online Coronavirus Vaccination Hub

EAST HAMPTON, NY — East Hampton town officials unveiled a new "Covid-19 Vaccination Hub" this week.

The website will provide information and allow residents to pre-register for the coronavirus vaccine, town officials said.

In addition, the East Hampton Town Center for Humanity, formerly the Child Development Center of the Hamptons building in Wainscott, has been fully outfitted as a vaccination clinic for local residents, officials said.

On Feb. 13, East Hampton was the first East End town to receive an allotment of vaccine from Suffolk County and, with the help of a group of community volunteers, was able to vaccinate more than 300 local emergency service workers, school staff, and grocery workers, town officials said.

That group will receive their second vaccine dose on Saturday and be fully vaccinated; additional clinics will be held as vaccine supplies are obtained.

Vaccine doses issued by New York State to the county, and on to the town, are
earmarked for specific eligible populations, such as those over age 65, people of any age with
certain underlying conditions, or co-morbidities, as determined by New York State, or “essential workers," such as emergency responders, officials explained

Preregistration on the town's site here does not guarantee an appointment but will allow the
town to schedule people for vaccine appointments when clinics are scheduled, based on
receiving an allotment of vaccine and the eligibility category, town officials said.