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COVID-19 vaccination clinics are planned for this week and weekend in New Bedford.
No appointment is needed at the walk-up clinics. All New Bedford residents receiving their first dose will receive a $20 Dunkin’ gift card.
* Market Basket, 122 Sawyer Street – Friday, July 2 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
* Price Rite (South End), 39 South Street (Corner of Route 18) – Saturday, July 3 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. A $50 gift card to Price Rite will also be available to the first 20 New Bedford residents receiving their first dose.
* Riverside Park – Saturday, July 3 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
* Monte Park – Sunday, July 4 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The New Bedford Health Department’s site at Andrea McCoy Recreation Center will be open on Monday, July 5 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for walk-in vaccinations.
It sure would be great if they said which vaccine is being offered especially because The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) had found a “likely association” between the vaccines and rare occurrences of myocarditis and pericarditis among younger people who are vaccinated with the Phyzer vaccine.