Reading To Move Forward With Local Vaccine Clinics

READING, MA — The town will work with the number of vaccine doses it receives weekly, but officials say they would prefer to offer large-scale clinics. Reading, along with most communities across the state, is getting 100 doses each week, and is prepared to run small clinics every Friday at the Pleasant Street Center, Town Manager Bob LeLacheur said.

"Our strong preference is to run larger scale clinics at the Reading Memorial Field House on Fridays, and we will continue to advocate loudly for vaccination supply that will allow this option," LeLacheur said Tuesday.

LeLacheur said the Health Department will schedule clinics once it receives the vaccine. The town will send a Code Red blast to inform residents of clinic dates (see https://www.readingma.gov/home/pages/codered-registration for more information and to sign up).

Below are some other resources for vaccine updates:

• www.readingma.gov and the town's social media pages
• www.macovidvaccines.com
• https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-vaccination-locations-for-individuals-in-eligible-groups-and-phases
• https://www.maimmunizations.org.
• state call center (dial 211). The call center is staffed Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

"Since right now our most realistic hope is these small weekly clinics, we urge you all to continue to reach out and help each other and seek out the state resources where vaccine supplies are more plentiful," LeLacheur said.