Gearing up for vaccinations Fire Chief Peter McMichael and Mayor Frank Picozzi shared the podium last Thursday to announce that 390 doses of the Moderna vaccine would be made available to Warwick residents 75 years old and older this Wednesday. Within
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Gearing up for vaccinations
Fire Chief Peter McMichael and Mayor Frank Picozzi shared the podium last Thursday to announce that 390 doses of the Moderna vaccine would be made available to Warwick residents 75 years old and older this Wednesday. Within a half hour of informing the public through social media and the city’s Red Alert system all 390 doses were spoken for.
(Warwick Beacon photos)
PIZZA BREAK: Mayor Frank Picozzi, who says there isn’t a pizza he doesn’t like although he has a special affection for pineapple pizza, opened his wallet and made the delivery to ensure the volunteers got a lunch break.
ANSWERING QUESTIONS: Mayor Picozzi sought to answer the many questions callers encountered as they scheduled vaccination appointments. Picozzi is still working out details of how the city will register 500 seniors for doses expected to become available Feb. 14 as well as where a clinic will be held. Here he talks with volunteer Kelly DiCenzo.
WITHOUT MASKS FOR A MOMENT: Pizza was a hit with the volunteers who worked from the EOC [Emergency Operations Center] in fire headquarters to schedule vaccination appointments for 390 elderly on Wednesday at the Swift Community Center in East Greenwich. Many of those volunteers who scheduled appointment were at the center Wednesday to process those turning out to be vaccinated.
MAKING APPOINTMENTS: Krystal White, who works at the Pilgrim Senior Center was one of at least a dozen city employees who volunteered on Friday to schedule vaccination appointments. Each of the callers was given a list of 30 contacts. Information of those that registered for the vaccination was entered into the State Department of Health data bank. Calls frequently lasted 15 minutes as the volunteers answered questions about the program.
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