Pittsfield — The Berkshire Vaccine Collaborative has launched a website containing comprehensive information on how to access Berkshire-area COVID-19 vaccination clinics. The site was developed to provide a consolidated resource with information about the COVID-19 vaccines, resources on the state’s vaccination phases, and vaccine availability updates, as well as to aid in making appointments at the three mass vaccination clinic sites in the Berkshires.
The Collaborative has established vaccination sites in Pittsfield at Berkshire Community College’s Paterson Field House, in Great Barrington at the W.E.B. Du Bois Middle School, and in North Adams at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish Center. Vaccine clinics are now scheduled for early February to begin vaccinations for the first part of Phase 2, which includes anyone age 75 or older.
The Berkshire Vaccine Collaborative estimates that there are approximately 18,000 Berkshire residents who are in this age group and, based on the current distribution of vaccine by the State of Massachusetts, it is likely to take several weeks to complete Phase 2-A. Clinics will be held weekly, based on availability of the vaccine from the Commonwealth.
The website will be updated regularly, as more clinics are scheduled throughout February and the coming months, and as the state continues to move through Phase 2 and into Phase 3, which is estimated to run through the remainder of winter and into spring.
The Berkshire Vaccine Collaborative is a partnership between Berkshire Health Systems, Community Health Programs, the Berkshire County Boards of Health Association, and public health nurses.
