St Rose of Lima Church will host another free walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinic this week.

Working with Griffin Health and the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH), St Rose Parish Nurse Nancy Rhodes announces the next walk-in clinic has been arranged for Friday, November 12, from 4 to 8 pm, in the Holy Innocents Faith Formation Center, 38-B Church Hill Road.

All are welcome. Appointments are not needed. Volunteers will ask for health insurance and photo ID, but no one will be turned away for lack of identification or insurance, Rhodes said. There is no charge for the vaccine.

Rhodes has been organizing similar clinics at the location since June.

Pfizer and J&J vaccines will be administered.

This clinic will be different than previous ones, however. For the first time, the clinic will be offering Pfizer vaccinations for children ages 5-11. Governor Ned Lamont last week announced that COVID vaccines are now available for Connecticut children in that age bracket.

Connecticut’s COVID-19 Vaccination Van will be parked outside the hall where the clinic will be held.

The highly visible yellow vans, provided by the DPH and run by Griffin Health, can administer 100 to 125 shots in a six-hour window.

The DPH reminds Connecticut residents that choosing to get vaccinated is an additional powerful tool in the fight against the COVID-19 virus.

The vaccine will protect those who receive it from becoming seriously ill from COVID-19. It will protect their family and friends from becoming seriously ill from COVID-19. The vaccine will allow recipients to once again gather safely with loved ones and neighbors, and also allow recipients to “get back to a sense of normalcy,” according to the state DPH.

The COVID-19 Vaccination Vans are part of Connecticut’s effort to vaccinate as many residents as possible. More than half of the state’s population has received at least one shot since vaccinations began in December.

For more information on vaccinations and COVID-19 visit ctgov/covidvaccine.

For details and answers to questions about the event at St Rose, contact Rhodes at 845-641-7277.