![]() The Greenwich school district updates its online tracker every Tuesday and Friday. 24, when 10 cases were reported on the online tracker. The last report of new cases in double digits was on Sept. The district reported five new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, which came on the heels of two new cases reported Nov. 12, she said.įor parents who are seeking vaccinations for their children, many pediatricians are also administering the vaccine, Olivero said. Clinics for the second dose will be held on Nov. in its Noble Conference Room on Saturday, as well as Nov. The Greenwich Hospital clinics are from 8 a.m. “We are at this point fully booked on all dates.” 18 in order to add more appointments,” Olivero said Monday. “We have extended our clinics to be until 8 p.m., and we have added an additional clinical day on Nov. Vaccination clinics have already begun at Greenwich Hospital, and appointments are required by calling 83 or visiting There is high demand for the children’s vaccination, said Magaly Olivero, coordinator of public and media relations at Greenwich Hospital. Masks will be required regardless of vaccination status. Children and parents should be prepared to wait at the site for 15 minutes after the inoculation to check for side effects. 21 at Julian Curtiss School.Īll children must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian when they receive their vaccination, Supranowitz said. ![]() to 2 p.m., are scheduled for Saturday at New Lebanon School, Sunday at Hamilton Avenue School and Nov. The clinics were set up by the state Department of Public Health and Griffin Hospital. Three Greenwich elementary schools will hold COVID-19 vaccine clinics at for children in that age group. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave final approval last week for young children to get size-appropriate doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The bump in new cases comes as the COVID-19 vaccine is becoming available for the first time to children ages 5 to 11. Of the active cases, with 14 were attributed to family or outside activity and three were from an undetermined origin, according to the district. There were four active cases each reported at Riverside and North Mianus schools with two cases each at Cos Cob, Eastern Middle and Julian Curtiss schools and one each at Central Middle, Glenville and Greenwich High, according to the tracker. The vast majority of the active cases were among students, with 15 cases reported, and one case with a teacher and one case with a non-teaching staff member. There were 17 active cases in the schools, impacting eight schools, as of Friday, according to the tracker. “We are asking our families to continue to complete the COVID-19 Symptom Self Checklist for their children before they attend school each day,” he said. “Positive COVID cases continue to be relatively low across the district, but increased slightly in today’s update due mostly to family gatherings and indoor sports participation,” said Jonathan Supranowitz, spokesman for the Greenwich Public Schools. ![]() 1 now totals 105, according to the tracker. The total number of COVID-19 cases reported in the school district since classes began Sept.
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