A soldier vaccinates a man in his car at a vaccination center in Londonderry, New Hampshire on February 4, 2021. – The drive-through center is run by the New Hampshire National Guard and vaccinations are performed by airman, soldiers and local first responders. Both Moderna and the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine are used at the site that is modelled after Covid-19 testing sites that the National Guard also run. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)
The state-managed COVID-19 mobile vaccination clinics and homebased vaccination program are ending, to coincide with the end of federal funding, New Hampshire officials said Thursday.
The clinics began in July 2021 with one mobile vaccination van, and eventually increased to seven teams. Over 700 vaccination clinics were hosted and 37,000 doses were administered through the program.
The vaccine and booster doses are still available through provider offices, urgent care centers and pharmacies.
The homebased program resumed in October and provided more than 2,100 doses to residents. Homebound individuals who need a COVID-19 vaccine or booster can still reach out to their local Visiting Nurses Association.
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Also, New Hampshire’s 2-1-1 informational and referral call center will no longer triage calls for COVID-19 and instead refer callers with those inquiries to their primary care provider or to other resources.
If additional vaccine resources are needed again in the future, “the state will mobilize to fill gaps,” Patricia Tilley, director of the state’s division of public health services, said in a news release.
