Vaccine clinic slated Saturday for students
Colonie High site for vaccination of those age 16 and up
Students in North Colonie and South Colonie public schools ages 16 and up can now sign up to receive a COVID -19 vaccine at a clinic to be held Saturday at Colonie High School.
Colonie EMS will help administer 204 doses of the Pfizer-biontech vaccine between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the gymnasium, both districts announced Wednesday in an email that included a sign-up link.
Those receiving the vaccine on April 17 will need to return on May 8 to receive the second dose at the same location and time. Anyone who is not able to return on May 8, should not register to receive the vaccine at this time.
The South Colonie district is prioritizing high school seniors for the first round of shots.
The school districts are working with Albany County health officials to create more vaccination opportunities for high school students, officials said.
County officials announced Monday that they are due to receive a shipment of over 3,500 Pfizer vaccines this week and will be earmarking “a large percentage” of them for 16and 17-year-olds, who became eligible for the shot last week so long as they have a parent’s permission.
Over 400 students showed up at a vaccination clinic at Bethlehem High School last weekend, the county’s first high school vaccination clinic.
According to County Executive Dan Mccoy, “It was a huge success.”
Whitney Young Health, a health center in Albany that runs several in-school clinics, conducted inschool vaccinations or Watervliet High School students on Wednesday.
Warren County death
After a nearly twomonth streak without any coronavirus deaths, Warren County officials reported Wednesday the death of a resident in her 70s due to complications from COVID -19.
The woman, who did not live in a congregate setting, fell ill with the disease and was ultimately hospitalized before her death, officials said.
“Today’s announcement of the loss of a friend and neighbor is a death that reminds us this pandemic is not yet over despite our hopes and our efforts and indeed COVID is still very much a real threat,” said Rachel Seeber, chairwoman of the county Board of Supervisors.
“We ask that you please keep the families who have lost loved ones in your thoughts and prayers, and that you still continue to follow guidance to slow the spread of COVID as we work seven days a week to keep our vaccination programs in full force to end this pandemic,” she said.
The county planted a memorial tree Tuesday in honor of the 66 residents who had died of the disease over the past year, and those victims who would be yet to come. The latest death raises the county’s known death toll from the disease to 67.
More than 1,000 Capital Region residents have died from COVID -19 since the pandemic began.