RI Department Of Health Closes Mass Vaccination, Test Sites

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) closed 14 state-run test sites and two mass vaccination sites over the weekend, a shift in the state's pandemic response that will allow for more testing and vaccination opportunities to be brought to the hardest hit communities.

The mass vaccination sites at Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence and former Benny's in Middletown have both shut down as of Saturday, June 26, according to health officials. The vaccination site at Sockanosset Cross Road will remain open until the fall.

The Dunkin' Donuts Center, which was first used as a mass testing site and later transformed into a mass vaccination site, will begin hosting events again this fall, with its first hockey game since the start of the pandemic scheduled for Saturday, October 16.

According to the Department of Health, the next phase of Rhode Island's pandemic response will include transitioning to pop-up clinics in places including schools, travel destinations, outbreak centers, and communities with low vaccination rates.

The following is a list of all COVID-19 test sites that were shut down over the weekend:

• Barrington Shopping Center: 180 County Rd. Barrington, RI 02806
• Dorrance Street: 79 Dorrance St. Providence, RI 02903
• Park Holm Senior Center: 1 Eisenhower St. Newport, RI 02840
• Stop & Shop Newport: 199 JT Connell Hwy Newport, RI 02840
• K12 CCRI- Newport: 1 John H. Chafee Blvd. Newport, RI 02840
• K12 Pastore Campus: 19 Foster Rd. Cranston, RI 02920
• New England Tech-East Greenwich: 1560 Division Rd. East Greenwich, RI 02818
• New England Tech-Warwick: 2480 Post Road Warwick, RI 02886
• North Providence Mineral Spring: 1967 Mineral Spring Ave. North Providence, RI 02904
• Rhode Island Convention Center Parking Garage: 114 West Exchange St. Providence, RI 02903 (walk-up PCR location at the ticket booth on Sabin Street will remain open)
• Smithfield VFW: 47 Farnum Pike Smithfield, RI 02917
• Stop & Shop Cottage Street-Pawtucket: 368 - 398 Cottage St. Pawtucket, RI 02860
• Walnut Hill Plaza: 1500 Diamond Hill Rd. Woonsocket, RI 02895

To access a full list of test sites that remain open, click here.