ROME/UTICA — The Oneida County Health Department, along with Rome City School District and the City of Utica, are setting up mobile vaccination clinics to offer vaccines to school-aged children. “We recognize that residents and families may have some challenges to staying up to date on vaccines,” said Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr.
“This mobile public health unit allows us to remove some of those barriers and lend a helping hand to those in need.” In New York State, children attending school must receive all required doses of vaccines on the recommended schedule to attend or remain in school. This is true unless they have a valid medical exemption to immunization.
If not up to date with vaccinations, children could be excluded from attending school. The events will take place at the following locations: Rome Free Academy, 95 Dart Circle, Rome, 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m., Friday, Aug.
23, for students entering grades 9–12; Parkway Recreation Center, 220 Memorial Parkway, Utica, 10 a.m. to 2 p.
m., Saturday, Aug. 24, for students entering grades K–12; Rome Free Academy, 95 Dart Circle, Rome, 10 a.
m. to 2 p.m.
, Wednesday, Aug. 28, for students entering grades 9–12; Gansevoort Elementary School, 758 W. Liberty St.
, Rome, 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Aug.
31, for students entering grades K–5; and Strough Middle School, 801 Laurel St., Rome, 1 to 3 p.m.
, Saturday, Aug. 31, for students entering grades 6-8. Appointments for the mobile clinics are preferred, as walk-in availability will vary.
To schedule an appointment or if you have questions, please call Oneida County Health Department at 315-798-3651. “Vaccines are an extremely valuable tool to protect the community and our children from serious and deadly diseases,” said Oneida County Health Director Daniel W. Gilmore.
If an agency is interested in hosting a mobile vaccination clinic, a request can be made online at: https://b it.ly/4cAtjBB..
