Rhode Island health officials reported Thursday that more than 65% of people 16 and older who live, work or attend school in Rhode Island have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. State health officials say that’s just shy of Governor Daniel J. McKee’s goal of vaccinating 70% of eligible residents by Mother’s […]
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Rhode Island resumes Johnson & Johnson vaccinations
Rhode Island will resume use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, joining states including Massachusetts, Connecticut in ending a pause that began April 13. The decision to restart the one-shot vaccine for residents 18 and older, announced late Monday, follows the recommendation on Friday by an advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and […]
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Rhode Island to lift restrictions on businesses by Memorial Day weekend
Governor Daniel J. McKee announced Thursday that Rhode Island plans to lift more COVID-19 restrictions on restaurants, gyms and houses of worship next month as the share of residents vaccinated against the coronavirus continues to climb. Rhode Island will incrementally lift all virus-related capacity limits on businesses by the start of Memorial Day weekend on […]
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Hundreds of “missing” vaccine appointment messages sent to R.I. residents in error
As Rhode Island State Police continue to probe why 1,400 people of color received false cancellation notices for a state-run vaccination clinic at the Dunkin Donuts Center, state health officials confirmed this week that about 900 other people received erroneous messages that their vaccination appointments at a state-run clinic in Middletown were “missing.” The error […]
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New protocols aim to prevent another ‘glitch’ in Rhode Island’s COVID-19 vaccination registration
Rhode Island health officials have put in place new protocols aimed at safeguarding COVID-19 vaccination appointments after 1,400 people of color received false cancellation notices for a clinic last weekend. Access to clinic cancellations has been restricted to certain supervisory and leadership-level staff, and all staff have been retrained, pending a state police probe into […]
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State Police to probe false cancellation notices for COVID-19 vaccinations
Rhode Island Governor Daniel J. McKee has asked the State Police to look into why some 1,400 people of color who had registered for last weekend’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence were sent false cancellation notices. Several community leaders had raised concerns to The Public’s Radio about whether the cancellation […]
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Hundreds of false cancellation notices sent to residents of color for vaccine appointments this weekend
More than 1,400 people in hard-hit communities who registered for COVID-19 vaccinations this weekend at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence were mistakenly notified that their appointments had been cancelled due to what state health officials are calling a glitch in the state registration system. The appointments — scheduled by community leaders and volunteers — […]
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R.I. residents 16 and older in hard-hit ZIP codes eligible for COVID-19 vaccine
Rhode Island opens vaccine eligibility Tuesday to residents 16 and older in eight hard-hit zip codes around the state. These residents — in zip codes 02904, 02905, 02907, 02908, 02909, 02860, 02861 and 02863 — live in parts of Providence, Cranston, North Providence and all of Pawtucket and Central Falls. They are now eligible to […]
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Rhode Island residents 50 and older will be eligible to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine on April 5
All Rhode Islanders ages 50 and older will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine starting on April 5. Residents ages 40 to 49 are expected to be eligible to sign up for a shot the following week, state officials said at a weekly briefing Thursday. Two new state-run mass vaccination sites are scheduled to open […]
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Providence, Pawtucket expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to residents 18 and older
Rhode Islanders ages 18 and older in seven of the state’s hardest-hit zip codes are now eligible to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine. The City of Providence on Monday announced expanded eligibility in the zip codes 02904, 02905, 02907, 02908, and 02909 in Providence, which include some adjacent neighborhoods in North Providence and Cranston. […]