HEALTH, NEWS

LYNN TECH FIELD HOUSE HOSTS VACCINATION SITE FOR LYNN AND NAHANT RESIDENTS 75 AND OLDER

BY ALLYSHA DUNNIGAN| February 8, 2021

LYNN — Public Health Director Michele Desmarais hopes that 700 to 1,000 people will be vaccinated every day at the city's new vaccination clinic, which opened last Monday at the Lynn Tech Field House. Approximately 1,500 vaccines were distributed to residents of Lynn and Nahant at Lynn Tech last week. Many of those were 75 and older, a group that became eligible for the vaccine earlier this month under the second phase of the state's vaccination-rollout plan.

"This is an opportunity to get vaccines out to as many people in the community as we can," said Mayor Thomas M. McGee. "A lot of work has gone into getting this going and everyone has done a great job setting this up.” The Lynn location will follow state guidelines and offer vaccines to anyone eligible in the current phase. Vaccinations began at Tech a couple of weeks ago, solely for first responders, and will adapt to servicing those included in each group as Gov. Charlie Baker implements new phases. Tony Barletta, the town administrator of Nahant, is happy to work on the project with the city of Lynn. ...