Governor Lamont Announces Connecticut Remains on Track To Expand COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility To All Adults on Thursday, April 1 - CT.gov

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Governor Lamont Announces Connecticut Remains on Track To Expand COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility To All Adults on Thursday, April 1

More Than 100 Additional Pharmacies in Connecticut Are Being Added to Connecticut’s Vaccination Program

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the State of Connecticut is on track to expand its COVID-19 vaccination program to the final group of adults, including all individuals between the ages of 16 and 44, on Thursday, April 1, 2021. Individuals in this age group will have access to schedule appointments beginning Thursday morning.

To schedule an appointment, Connecticut residents should visit ct.gov/covidvaccine and enter their zip code in the space provided. From there, they will be presented a list of the closest available clinics and instructions for how to make an appointment at each clinic. Those without access to the internet can call Connecticut’s Vaccine Appointment Assist Line at 877-918-2224. The assist line is available seven days a week from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Appointments are required in advance at all vaccination clinics in the state.

Individuals who are 16 and 17 years old are reminded that they should only sign up for a clinic that is offering the vaccine made by Pfizer, as that is the only vaccine at this point that has been approved for those ages by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Connecticut is currently ranked second in the nation in percentage of population that has received at least one dose.

“Connecticut’s healthcare providers have been doing a tremendous job getting the vaccine to our residents, and the reason why our state is among the most vaccinated in the country is because of the remarkable work they have been doing,” Governor Lamont said. “As we prepare to expand vaccine eligibility to the final group of adults on Thursday morning, there is going to be an initial rush of people who attempt to make appointments during the first couple of days, similar to what we experienced when we expanded to other age groups. I urge everyone to please be patient and check back as new appointments are being added every day. Thanks to the efforts of the Biden administration, the number of doses being delivered to Connecticut is significantly increasing each week, and I am confident that within this next month we will get the vaccine to everyone who wants it.”

“With the recent increase in cases in Connecticut, it is crucial that everyone who wants a vaccine, gets one as quickly as possible,” Connecticut Acting Public Health Commissioner Dr. Deidre Gifford said. “I am extremely proud of everyone involved in our vaccine program – the federal government, our local health departments and community partners, our vaccine providers, the National Guard – and thankful for the leadership of Governor Lamont and his team, who have all helped to speed up Connecticut’s delivery of vaccines and make tomorrow’s final expansion to all adults possible. Through everyone’s efforts, we are now able to offer vaccine to all adults months earlier than originally planned. While general availability of vaccines is a cause for celebration, we must also remember to keep up our guard against the spread of COVID-19. Even after you are vaccinated, you should continue to wear masks, social distance, avoid large gatherings and test and isolate if you are sick.”

More than one hundred additional pharmacies to begin offering vaccinations

Governor Lamont today also announced that more than 100 additional pharmacies throughout Connecticut will begin offering COVID-19 vaccines over the next several days, adding to the growing list of locations where the state’s residents can be vaccinated. Individuals are reminded that appointments must be made in advance prior to receiving the vaccine at all locations statewide.

The new pharmacies that are being added to Connecticut’s COVID-19 vaccination program include:

• Able Care Pharmacy & Med Supply: 15 Palomba Drive, Enfield
• Achorn Pharmacy: 289 Post Road East, Westport
• Apex Pharmacy & Home Care Center: 2380 Dixwell Avenue, Hamden
• Arrow Prescription Center: 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington
• Arrow Prescription Center: 500 Farmington Avenue, Hartford
• Beacon Prescriptions: 233 Main Street, New Britain
• Beacon Prescriptions: 25 Collins Road, Bristol
• Beacon Prescriptions: 543 West Main Street, New Britain
• Beacon Prescriptions: 609 North Main Street, Southington
• Big Y Pharmacy: 1289 Foxon Road, North Branford
• Big Y Pharmacy: 135 West Road, Ellington
• Big Y Pharmacy: 224 Salem Turnpike, Norwich
• Big Y Pharmacy: 33 Fieldstone Commons, Tolland
• Big Y Pharmacy: 355 Hawley Lane, Stratford
• Big Y Pharmacy: 504 Winsted Road, Torrington
• Big Y Pharmacy: 7 E Hampton Road, Marlborough
• Big Y Pharmacy: 70 Wauregan Road, Danielson
• Big Y Pharmacy: 81 Stony Hill Road, Bethel
• Big Y Pharmacy: 85 Bridge Street, Naugatuck
• Big Y Pharmacy: 87 W Stafford Springs Plaza, Stafford Springs
• Big Y Pharmacy: 995 Poquonnock Road, Groton
• Bissell Health Mart Pharmacy: 23 Governor Street, Ridgefield
• Brass City Pharmacy: 558 Chase Avenue, Waterbury
• Brass Mill Pharmacy: 1405 East Main Street Unit 3, Waterbury
• Bridgeport Pharmacy: 978 East Main Street, Bridgeport
• Candlewood Drugs: 11 State Route 37, New Fairfield
• Community Health Pharmacy: 210 Dixwell Avenue, New Haven
• Danielson Pharmacy: 77 Westcott Road, Danielson
• Della Pietra Pharmacy: 792 Highland Avenue, Waterbury
• Evine Llc-Valuerx Pharmacy: 54 Tuttle Place, Middletown
• Grieb’s Pharmacy: 1021 Post Road, Darien
• Hancock Pharmacy: 1020 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport
• Hancock Pharmacy: 306 Grand Avenue, New Haven
• Hancock Pharmacy: 840 East Main Street, Meriden
• Hancock Pharmacy: 95 Wakelee Avenue, Ansonia
• Health Complex Pharmacy: 55 Deforest Street, Watertown
• Higganum Pharmacy: 23 Killingworth Road, Higganum
• Main Street Pharmacy: 2117 Boston Avenue, Bridgeport
• McQuade’s Pharmacy: 10 Clara Drive, Mystic
• Medical Pharmacy: 1213 Main Street, Willimantic
• Milford Pharmacy and Home Care: 78 Broad Street, Milford
• Naugatuck Pharmacy: 153 Maple Street, Naugatuck
• New Britain Pharmacy: 46 Broad Street, New Britain
• New Canaan Pharmacy: 44 East Avenue, New Canaan
• Norwalk Pharmacy: 250 Westport Avenue, Norwalk
• Nutmeg Pharmacy Centerbrook: 33 Main Street, Centerbrook
• Nutmeg Pharmacy: 38 Williams F Palmer Road, Moodus
• Oxford Pharmacy: 100 Oxford Road, Oxford
• Petricones Torrington Pharmacy: 110 East Main Street, Torrington
• Pharmscript Holdco & Subsidiaries: 80 Clark Drive, East Berlin
• Price Chopper Pharmacy: 121 Farmington Avenue, Bristol
• Price Chopper Pharmacy: 251 Kennedy Drive Suite A, Putnam
• Price Chopper Pharmacy: 675 Poquonock Avenue, Windsor
• Price Chopper Pharmacy: 855 Washington Street, Middletown
• Procare: 1492 Highland Avenue Suite 1C, Cheshire
• Rite Aid: 1030 Wolcott Street, Waterbury
• Rite Aid: 1060 East Main Street, Bridgeport
• Rite Aid: 1395 Middletown Avenue, Northford
• Rite Aid: 141 Meriden Road, Waterbury
• Rite Aid: 1619 Post Road, Fairfield
• Rite Aid: 180 Main Street, Cheshire
• Rite Aid: 190 East Avenue, Norwalk
• Rite Aid: 215 Federal Road, Brookfield
• Rite Aid: 2175 Dixwell Avenue, Hamden
• Rite Aid: 249 Legion Avenue, New Haven
• Rite Aid: 277 Fairfield Avenue, Waterbury
• Rite Aid: 280 Branford Road, North Branford
• Rite Aid: 289 Greenwood Avenue, Bethel
• Rite Aid: 325 Ferry Street, New Haven
• Rite Aid: 508 Monroe Turnpike, Monroe
• Rite Aid: 56 Rubber Avenue, Naugatuck
• Rite Aid: 588 Main Street, East Haven
• Rite Aid: 605 North Colony Road, Wallingford
• Rite Aid: 645 Foxon Road, East Haven
• Rite Aid: 744 Wolcott Road, Wolcott
• Rite Aid: 85 Middletown Avenue, North Haven
• Rite Aid: 922 South Main Street, Cheshire
• Rockville Pharmacy: 42 Windsor Avenue, Vernon
• Rotary Drug: 1030 Barnum Avenue, Stratford
• Seybridge Pharmacy Jewelry & Gifts: 37 New Haven Road, Seymour
• Shop Rite: 1990 West Main Street, Stamford
• Shop Rite: 200 Shippan Avenue, Stamford
• Shop Rite: 2100 Dixwell Avenue, Hamden
• Shop Rite: 214 Spencer Street, Manchester
• Shop Rite: 250 Barnum Avenue Cutoff, Stratford
• Shop Rite: 259 Bull Hill Lane, Orange
• Shop Rite: 266 East Main Street, Clinton
• Shop Rite: 35 Talcottville Road, Vernon
• Shop Rite: 360 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk
• Shop Rite: 45 Shunpike Road, Cromwell
• Shop Rite: 745 Foxon Road, East Haven
• Shop Rite: 775 Main Street South, Southbury
• Shop Rite: 875 Bridgeport Avenue, Shelton
• Shop Rite: 935 Boston Post Road, Milford
• Slavins Hancock Pharmacy: 922 Washington Boulevard, Stamford
• Stolls Pharmacy: 185 Grove Street, Waterbury
• The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy: 535 Boston Post Road, Old Saybrook
• The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy: 774 Farmington Avenue, West Hartford
• The Medicine Shoppe: 79 East Street, Vernon Rockville
• The Rose City Pharmacy: 3 N 2nd Avenue, Taftville
• Visels Pharmacy: 714 Dixwell Avenue, New Haven
• Wallingford (Berlin): 8 Fairfield Boulevard, Wallingford
• Westown Pharmacy: 455 Hartford Road, Manchester
• Woodbury Drug: 682 Main Street South, Woodbury

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