vaccine

City and law enforcement officials in Pittsfield are urging local seniors to be vigilant as the state’s COVID-19 vaccination buddy system – an initiative meant to increase participation among seniors 75 and older in mass vaccination clinics by having an accompanying “caregiver” receive one as well – has resulted in an alarming increase in direct solicitation and advertising to seniors from individ

The Baker-Polito Administration has launched a new tool to help residents more easily find COVID-19 vaccination locations available to all residents and view appointment availability for some sites. The tool, called the COVID-19 Vaccine Finder, enables residents to search for a vaccination location and view appointment availability before scheduling...

Beginning today (Thursday 2/11), any individual who is accompanying a person age 75 or older to get the COVID-19 vaccine at one of the state’s mass-vaccination sites or here locally at one of Berkshire County’s three public clinics in Pittsfield, North Adams, and Great Barrington, may schedule their own appointment to be vaccinated on the same day...

This information comes from a press release sent to me by Berkshire Healthcare Systems Lisa Gaudet, VP of Communications.

Starting Sunday(2/7), six Price Chopper/Market 32 pharmacies in Massachusetts now offer the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine.

The Baker-Polito Administration on Thursday announced a new multilingual public awareness campaign called “Trust the Facts. Get the Vax.” According to a media release, the research-driven, $2.5 million campaign promotes the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine and urges residents to get vaccinated when it is their turn, as vaccines continue to be distributed across the Commonwealth... Read

One stop links to get all the information you will need to get vaccinated in the Berkshires is the site created by the Berkshire Vaccine Collaborative.  The Berkshire Vaccine Collaborative is the resource for vaccine appointments, locations, vaccine information, and commonly asked questions...

As news continues to come in about new variants of the coronavirus and uncertainty about just how effective the current vaccine will be, the Berkshires is stepping forward into Phase Two of the vaccine distribution plan unfettered with vaccination sites located in the central, southern, and northern Berkshires...

Things are starting to look on the brighter side as far as vaccines go

Governor Charlie Baker announced an update to the state’s COVID-19 vaccination plan on Monday. Phase Two of the plan will begin February 1st for the first priority group. Individuals 75 and older will now be the first priority group in Phase Two...