The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources will send a NH Mobile Vaccine Van offering free COVID-19 vaccines to state parks through September 30, making it easy for people enjoying the parks to get a shot.
The first stop for the van was at Bear Brook State Park on Wednesday, and the next stop will be at Pawtuckaway State Park on Saturday between 4 and 6 p.m. Those who receive a vaccine at the state parks will receive a complimentary day pass to any New Hampshire State Park or historic site, good through December 31, 2022. (The day pass does not include meter parking, camping, Cannon Mountain Ski Area, the Flume Gorge, or the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway.)
The van is part of the state’s effort to make vaccination as easily available as possible, according to Governor Chris Sununu. Information from this state does not include the type of vaccine that the van will carry.
The schedule has the van at Franconia State Park on August 26 and September 29; Hampton Beach on September 8, 9, 15, 24, and 27; Wellington State Park on September 10; Jericho Mountain State Park on September 14; Wallis Sands State Park on September 21; Sunapee State Park on September 22 and 25; Pawtuckaway again on September 26; and Monadnock State Park on September 30.
President Joe Biden has announced that free booster shots of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines will be available to previously vaccinated people beginning in September. The White House is recommending the boosters to those who have previously been vaccinated to ensure their continued efficacy. They are being recommended on a schedule eight months after people received their second dose of the vaccine, so those who first received the vaccine will be the first to receive the boosters.
Some health experts oppose the plan, saying the vaccines should be reserved for the unvaccinated before being given to previously vaccinated people.
Some states are surpassing the rates of infection experienced at the height of the pandemic, according to state and national data, fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant and lower-than-average vaccination rates in some states and regions.
As of August 9, more than 166 million U.S. citizens had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but the Centers for Disease Control has 8,054 reports of fully vaccinated people being hospitalized or dying from the virus. The majority of the cases — 5,928, or 74 percent — were in people 65 years old or older.
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