Gov. Lamont excursions Waterbury Arts Magnet School’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic

WATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — On Wednesday, Governor Lamont toured the COVID-19 vaccination clinic found at Waterbury Arts Magnet College.

He was joined by Mayor Neil M. O’Leary, President of Saint Mary’s Medical center, Dr. Steven Schneider, and Superintendent of Colleges, Dr. Verna Ruffin.

The COVID-19 vaccination clinic, which opened on Jan. 25, is a joint enterprise amongst the Town of Waterbury and Saint Mary’s Healthcare facility. 

We are still in Stage 1B of the state’s COVID response energy, which only enables for people today 75 decades and more mature to get the vaccine. The clinic is staffed by colleagues from Saint Mary’s Clinic and some Waterbury town personnel, together with faculty nurses, EMTs and firefighters.

Governor Lamont was on hand Wednesday early morning to see it all in action as the state will work to vaccinate hundreds of people today for every day. In Waterbury, the target is to vaccinate 15,000 individuals a week.

“We got this new variant, it’s not so substantially right here in Connecticut but this highly infections variant and we want to continue to be ahead of it, and the greatest way to remain forward of it is to get people today vaccinated,” said Lamont. “If you treatment about you overall health, you care about your family’s wellbeing, you care about your community’s overall health — get the vaccine.”

Just lately, this was the only vaccination clinic open within the metropolis because of a vaccine shortage.

“It’s so satisfying to see individuals consider their selfies and stroll out of listed here very pleased that they have their stickers, that they got their shot currently,” Amanda Strileckis, a nurse at St. Mary’s Healthcare facility, informed Information 8 past week.

It supplies free of charge COVID-19 vaccinations. Suitable now, pictures are only accessible to frontline staff and individuals 75 and older by appointment only. You can make an appointment. If you do not have accessibility to an on the net platform, you can call the directory at 311.

It operates Monday by means of Friday, from 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. and on weekends, from 8 a.m. – noon.