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Friday, January 22, 2021 Volume 17 • Issue No. 4
COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Plan in Maine
Avita Resident Millie Moody got her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Wells on January 12.
STATEWIDE Maine’s health care providers have started scheduling COVID-19 vaccines for those age 70 and older, despite a short supply of doses. Gov. Janet Mills’ office published a list online showing where people in that category can schedule an appointment. The COVID19 Vaccine Distribution Plan in Maine includes: Administering vaccines to frontline health care personnel, staff and residents at long-term care facilities, and workers essential to public safety and the state’s coronavirus response,
who make up Phase 1a of the state’s vaccine distribution plan; Mainers age 70 and older are eligible to receive vaccines and can schedule an appointment at one of 18 sites found statewide at www.maine.gov/ covid19/vaccines/vaccinationsites. Adults 65 and older are in the same vaccine tier, Phase 1b, but the state is prioritizing the 70-plus population within this phase. The state has developed tiered priority groups, largely following guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Local Rotaries Serve Local Communities YORK COUNTY This week the York Rotary donated $4,000 and 200 masks to York Community Service Association for COVID-19 relief. As part of the Million Mask Challenge, the Kittery Rotary and Kittery Rotary After Hours Club received 6,000 more masks to be delivered where needed in the community. Club Presidents Marina Shuliakouskaya and Nancy Peschel coordinated the distribution of the masks picked up by past District Gov-
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ernor Andrew Glazier. The South Berwick Eliot Rotary Club held a parade and chocolate gift-giving on December 30 as a thank you to local healthcare workers and first responders. The caravan started at the South Berwick Fire Department, went to the Wentworth Douglas and York Hospital affiliated medical buildings, south on Academy Street and Route 236 to the South Berwick Police Department, and finished at the Eliot Police and Fire Departments. Starting in late March of 2020, some Ogunquit Rotary Club members realized they could provide a valuable community service by checking on the welfare of local seniors. While Mainers are accustomed
to cold days and snowy winters, the onset of COVID-19 created new levels of isolation and concern, especially for senior citizens. Member John Clancy coordinated with Lt. Buttrick from the Ogunquit Police Department to determine who should be called and Rotary sprang into action with about 15 Ogunquit Rotarians each calling a dozen 75+ senior citizens each week. In many cases, the conversations provided practical resources, like where to get masks (Rotary provides them at the Chamber of Commerce) and how to get food delivery. Over time, Rotarians have spoken with folks so often that friendships have developed, and the calls are uplifting
and helpful to both the seniors and the Rotarians. Member Ed Seppa speaks regularly with a man who came to America from Nazi Germany. They talk about his Eastern European heritage, his thoughts on politics today in America, and his appreciation for Dr. Nirav Shah’s leadership of the Maine CDC. In addition to interesting conversation, Seppa has benefited in another way, “He told me about a Polish restaurant and deli in Portland where I was able to get some genuine Polish kielbasa for a recipe I knew of.” For almost a year now, the friendship has continued to thrive and both participants express sincere appreciation for the calls. The calling continues and
Phase 1a began in mid-December with the vaccination of health care workers and people living and working in long-term care facilities. It was expanded on Jan. 13 to include firefighters, law enforcement and corrections officers, and employees at the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) and at private companies such as laboratories who work directly on the state’s COVID19 response and testing program. Phase 1a is scheduled to be completed in February, acSee VACCINE page 13... if you or someone you know would like to be on the call list for check-ins, email John Clancy at jclancy2009@gmail.com. Photos clockwise: York Rotary presents donations to York Community Service Association; Kittery Rotaries take part in the Million Mask Challenge; South Berwick Eliot Rotary Club thanks first responders with parade and chocolate (Photo from Amy Miller’s Facebook post); Ogunquit Rotary makes calls to seniors to check on their welfare during isolation of pandemic.
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