CARMEL – With the number of Omicron cases dropping and demand for COVID vaccines and tests decreasing, Putnam County’s vaccine clinics and testing sites will reduce operations, though both can be restarted on short notice, if necessary, County Executive MaryEllen Odell announced.
The Covid test site in Carmel will be open on Mondays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. In Philipstown, the testing site will be open Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Both sites will be closed Saturday, Jan. 29 for the storm.
The Department of Health has scheduled its last vaccine clinic for Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022.
County Executive Odell thanked the Department of Health and Ambulnz, the county’s partner in the drive-through COVID test sites, for helping to keep Putnam residents safe.
In addition to vaccine clinics in Philipstown and Carmel, the County Department of Health has regularly held clinics in places where immigrants and other hard-to-reach populations could access them. The department also vaccinated the homebound in partnership with the Department of Social Services.
The Department of Health set up its first COVID vaccine clinic in January 2021 and has administered 25,392 vaccines since then. In the vaccine clinic scheduled for Tuesday, February 1, only 53 people have signed up.
“Because the cases and positivity rate are dropping, people are now, unfortunately, not worrying about getting vaccinated,” Dr. Michael Nesheiwat, the Putnam County Commissioner of Health said. “By the time we finish our next two clinics, the demand will be able to be managed by the pharmacies and community providers.”
For more information on COVID vaccine clinics and COVID testing sites, see putnamcountyny.com
