New SVMC booster clinics
Bennington resident Kevin Snow received an updated booster for COVID-19 at the COVID Resource Center on Tuesday, September 13.
BENNINGTON - More than 200 people were vaccinated with updated bivalent boosters for COVID-19 at Southwestern Vermont Health Care’s COVID-19 Resource Center on Tuesday, September 13.
The clinic exhausted its supply of Moderna and only Pfizer shots are expected to be available for the next few weeks.
The COVID-19 Resource Center is located on the former campus of Southern Vermont College at 982 Mansion Drive. The center expects to resume normal hours - 8 am to noon, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Service is provided on a walk-in basis during operating hours. No appointment is needed.
To be eligible it is neccesary to be at least 12 years old; to have received the primary series of vaccination for COVID-19; and have received the final dose of COVID-19 vaccine, whether as one of the primary series or a booster, at least two months ago.
More information about bivalent boosters is available at https://svhealthcare.org/wellness-connection/bivalent-boosters. The primary series of COVID-19 vaccines are also available.
