Town Of Brookfield: 2021-10-22 CORONA VIRUS UPDATE #79 …

October 22, 2021 - 6:50pm

To: All residentsFrom: Steve Dunn, First SelectmanCOVID CASES IN BROOKFIELDBrookfield continues to keep a check on the Corona Virus. Our Case rate for the past two weeks is 9.3 per 100,000, the same as last week. The positivity rate on tests given is 2.3%, again the same as last week.

The mask mandate remains lifted.

NEW CLINICS WILL START UP AT TOWN HALL FOR BOOSTER SHOTS

Brookfield will be offering Booster Shot clinics at Town Hall starting on October 26th. They will be held at Town Hall on Tuesdays from 10am to 1pm and Thursdays from 3pm to 6pm. There will be no clinics held on Nov 2nd, 11th or 24th. We plan to hold clinics as long as there is demand and into December. We will be offering both the Moderna and J and J doses.

The best way to get an appointment is to use the VAMS system. The VAMS system will be open for residents to make appointments at 7 PM tonight. We will also be allowing walk-ins but you may not be able to get a booster shot if the appointment schedule is full. You must bring proof of your primary vaccination series to the clinic in order to get the booster shot.

More details are available on the Town website.

Booster dose recommendations:

Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 Booster Doses:

** Important to note that the booster dose for the Pfizer vaccine is the same dosage as the primary series. The booster dose for the Moderna vaccine is half the dose of the primary series. Mixing and Matching vaccines for the booster dose after a primary series is permitted.

J & J COVID-19 Booster Doses:

VRBPAC & FDA voted unanimously to recommend authorization of a booster dose of the J&J vaccine for everyone 18 and older who got the primary dose of J&J COVID vaccine at least 2 months ago.

This press release was produced by the Town of Brookfield. The views expressed here are the author's own.

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