New COVID-19 Vaccination Site Opens in Lynn

LYNN — A COVID-19 vaccination site will open at the Lynn Tech Field House on Monday. Hosted through a partnership between the Lynn Community Health Center (LCHC), Lynn Department of Public Health (DPH), and Nahant Department of Public Health, the site will be open to those who live or work in Lynn and Nahant, or are patients of Lynn Community Health Center, and are eligible to receive the vaccine based on the state’s vaccination plan. “I urge everyone who is eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine. After the long year we’ve had, there is light at the end of the tunnel,” said Lynn Public Health Director Michele Desmarais. “This rollout process continues to evolve with many challenges, including vaccination supply constraints, but our partnership’s commitment is to do our part to vaccinate our community to the best of our ability within those constraints.” Due to high demand and constrained vaccine supply, health officials say COVID-19 vaccination appointments are limited at this time, but more appointments will be added on a rolling basis based on supply from the federal government. Mayor Thomas M. McGee’s office stated that the city and LCHC are currently working to establish a call-in center where residents can also make appointments by phone for the Lynn Tech site. “As we move through the stages of the state vaccination plan, the Lynn Department of Public Health and my office will work to do everything we can to make information related to the COVID-19 vaccine as available as possible,” McGee said. “Our team is working to enact a plan that includes a robust public information campaign to notify eligible populations so that they may be vaccinated as quickly as possible.” ...