Town Of Concord Coronavirus Update For March 17

Concord MA

19 March, 2021

7:24 AM

Description

Press release from the Town of Concord: March 17, 2021 Additional eligibility has been added to Phase 2; As of Monday March 22nd, people who are 60 years of age and older and certain workers who fall into the following categories: restaurant and café, food industry, grocery and convenience store, food pantry including volunteers, medical supply chain, vaccine development, transit, public works, utility, sanitation workers, public health, court system, and funeral workers are eligible to be vaccinated. For the complete list of workers who are eligible within this next part of Phase 2, please visit the State's website. As of April 5, 2021 the following people will be eligible in Phase 2: People who are 55 or older People with 1 certain medical condition If your group is not specifically listed in either Phase 1 or Phase 2, you will be eligible to receive the vaccine in Phase 3, which will launch April 19, 2021. Appointments for mass vaccination sites are now done through a new pre-registration system that calls, texts, or emails you directly and provides you with a unique code to sign up for an appointment. You have 24 hours after receiving the code to sign up for your appointment. The website to use is vaccinesignup.mass.gov or visit mass.gov/vaccine and you can find the website link and information is on the page. If you are not comfortable using the internet, you can call 211 and have a representative assist you with pre-registration. Vaxfinder.mass.gov can still be used to find appointments at non-mass vaccination sites. This press release was produced by the Town of Concord. The views expressed here are the author's own.