The Community Health Center is offering the new bivalent COVID-19 booster to adults this weekend at several pop-up clinics.
Anyone 18 and older is eligible for the vaccine and no appointments are necessary. Pre-registration is also not required.
Below are the CHC clinics where the Moderna booster will be offered on Saturday:
- CHC of Bristol, 395 North Main Street, Bristol, CT, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Rogers Park, 110 Memorial Drive, Danbury, CT, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- CHC of Meriden, 134 State Street, Meriden, CT, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- CHC of New Britain, 85 Lafayette Street, New Britain, CT, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Veterans Park, 49 Day Street, Norwalk, CT, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Scalzi Park, 100 Bridge Street, Stamford, CT, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- CHC of Waterbury, 51 North Elm Street, Waterbury, CT, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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An updated COVID-19 vaccine may soon be available in the form of a bivalent booster.
The state Department of Health said the updated COVID-19 vaccines are protective against the BA.4 and BA.5 omicron variants.
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The state Department of Health said about 200,000 doses of the updated booster vaccines were pre-ordered so far and will be shipped directly to the providers. They said only those who have completed their primary series of the COVID-19 vaccine should receive this updated booster.
