BY LILY REAVIS ’21
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Mount Holyoke has secured enough doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to fully vaccinate residential and approved commuter students before the end of the academic year, according to an email sent to students on Wednesday evening by Cheryl Flynn, medical director of College Health Services. The first-shot vaccine clinic will take place on campus on Saturday, April 24, and requires preregistration through Embark.
“The College will be holding two vaccine clinics on campus,” an MHC This Week email, sent later Wednesday evening, read. “The first clinic will be this Saturday, April 24, in Kendade Hall for residential and commuter students only.”
The private vaccination event is open to all residential and some commuter students, but there is currently no further information regarding off-campus vaccination eligibility. When asked for a statement about the upcoming vaccination clinic, the College’s Director of News and Media Relations Christian Feuerstein said, “We do not have a press release about the vaccine clinic. Everything I know is in the letter that went out to students.”
“Faculty and staff will be invited to sign up for vaccination slots, although students are the first priority,” the MHC This Week email stated.
Students who sign up for this weekend’s vaccination clinic will be able to book their second shot appointment for May 12. The College will hold another on-campus vaccine clinic for second shot appointments.