A mobile vaccination van on Long Island is now offering people both the COVID booster shot and a flu shot in an effort to get ahead of the virus.
The Elmont Senior Center in Nassau County is offering people both the COVID booster shot and a flu shot with its mobile vaccination van. Chantee Lans has more.A mobile vaccination van on Long Island is now offering people both the COVID booster shot and a flu shot."I got my COVID in this arm in my left arm and the flu in my right arm," Deirdre Evans-Williams said.
The vaxmobile, which rolled out 18 months ago during the height of the pandemic, was launched to offer free COVID vaccines to underserved areas on Long Island. "The vaxmobile behind me has given out more than 13,000 COVID vaccinations to individuals that would otherwise probably have difficulties and challenges getting to a pharmacy, getting to another local establishment that can give the vaccine," Mount Sinai South Nassau President Dr. Adhi Sharma said.
The vaxmobile, which is funded by the Federal Cares Act from the town of Hempstead and run by Mount Sinai South Nassau, is now expanding to include the flu shot.ALSO READ |
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