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~ Joseph Wendelken, Public Information Officer for the Rhode Island Department of Health today, clarified the timing of the release of new appointments for the two State-run sites: the Dunkin’ Donuts Center and Sockanosset Cross Road.
As supply allows, new COVID-19 vaccination appointments at the State-run vaccination sites will be made available:
Beginning at 9 am on Tuesdays
Beginning at 5 pm on Fridays
Reminder - Only those 65+ are eligible at this time for the vaccine.
Additional appointments may also be posted throughout the week as they become available, Wendleken wrote. Eligible Rhode Islanders can visit www.VaccinateRI.org to make an appointment. People who cannot register online can get help by calling the automated line at 844-930-1779.
~ Rhode Island received today the shipment of roughly 12,400 doses of Moderna vaccine that had been scheduled to arrive yesterday. Because the Rhode Island Department of Health has received this vaccine, no other changes to the clinic schedule for this week are foreseen at this time. The delay in this shipment had caused the rescheduling of appointments originally scheduled for today at clinics at the Cranston Senior Center, at the Swift Community Center, and at the West Warwick Civic Center.
~ Wendleken also shared the following data updates in regards to the vaccine;
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