The Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention has opened a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Augusta Armory on Western Avenue. The agency is teaming with the Maine National Guard and the Maine Emergency Management Agency to run the clinic. The vaccine clinic will be open Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday from noon to 7 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. No appointment is needed, and the site will be open through the rest of the year. In a tweet, CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah said the clinic opens as more Mainers say they are having trouble finding reliable access to the COVID-19.The Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines will be available at the Augusta clinic and all eligible ages can receive a first or second shot of the booster.The clinic comes at a time when Maine is seeing record hospitalizations because of the coronavirus. The Maine CDC reported 361 Mainers in the hospital as of Monday. Of those, 112 are in an intensive care unit, while 60 are on a ventilator.MaineHealth and Northern Light Health, which operate the majority of Maine’s hospitals, find between 66% and 75% of those with COVID-19 in their health system are unvaccinated.A list of all vaccination centers can be found on the Maine CDC’s website.
The Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention has opened a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Augusta Armory on Western Avenue.
The agency is teaming with the Maine National Guard and the Maine Emergency Management Agency to run the clinic.
The vaccine clinic will be open Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday from noon to 7 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
No appointment is needed, and the site will be open through the rest of the year.
In a tweet, CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah said the clinic opens as more Mainers say they are having trouble finding reliable access to the COVID-19.
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The Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines will be available at the Augusta clinic and all eligible ages can receive a first or second shot of the booster.
The clinic comes at a time when Maine is seeing record hospitalizations because of the coronavirus. The Maine CDC reported 361 Mainers in the hospital as of Monday. Of those, 112 are in an intensive care unit, while 60 are on a ventilator.
MaineHealth and Northern Light Health, which operate the majority of Maine’s hospitals, find between 66% and 75% of those with COVID-19 in their health system are unvaccinated.
A list of all vaccination centers can be found on the Maine CDC’s website.