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Covid Booster Clinic Held at Orchard Cove for Local Residents

90 Covid Booster Shots Administered to Canton Locals on 11/16

Canton Board of Health teamed up with Orchard Cove to provide Covid booster vaccines. Ninety Canton residents received a booster vaccine.
Canton Board of Health teamed up with Orchard Cove to provide Covid booster vaccines. Ninety Canton residents received a booster vaccine. (Courtesy: Hebrew SeniorLife.)

Orchard Cove, a Hebrew SeniorLife senior living community in Canton offering living options that span the full continuum of care, hosted a Covid vaccine booster clinic for Canton residents on November 16.

The clinic, held at the Orchard Cove campus, was conducted in conjunction with the Canton Department of Public Health, Canton Police and Fire, the Canton Department of Elder and Human Services as part of an effort to help keep the community healthy and safe with vaccination against preventable diseases.

The clinic administered 90 Moderna booster shots for local residents. Canton Police and Fire assisted with transportation to the clinic.

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More than 2000 residents and employees from Hebrew SeniorLife campuses, including Orchard Cove, first received vaccinations against COVID-19 back in January.

The team picture is of the Canton Board of Health and Orchard Cove employees who worked to get local residents vaccinated. Aline Russotto, Executive Director at Orchard Cove (in blue, on right) and Barbara Pearson, Director of Public Health at Canton (in the black sweater, third from left) are in the photo. Also pictured (from left to right) are: Judie Raleigh, Linda Khang, and Reardon from the Canton Board of Health along with Denise Seward, Kelly Wright, Dany Jerome, Diane Chisholm, Stephanie Williams, Russotto, and Jacqueline Williams of Orchard Cove.

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