A medically-equipped vaccine bus offering free walk-up COVID-19 vaccines will be on-Island Saturday.
The bus will make its first stop at the Portuguese American Club in Oak Bluffs from 10 am to 1 pm and then drive over to the TestMV site at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School from 2 to 6 pm.
The bus will be on-Island through Wednesday, May 19. A schedule is still being worked out for the other days.
No registration is required, and walk-ins are welcome. Medical personnel will include English- and Portuguese-speaking staff. Following Saturday, the bus is expected to include early morning hours down-Island to serve tradespeople, weekends at places of worship, the TestMV site at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, and possibly Island schools for children between the ages of 12 and 17 with parental or guardian consent.
The bus includes onboard refrigeration, as well as six separate vaccination stations. Vaccines offered are Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer.
Here’s the complete schedule:
SATURDAY:
10 am to 1 pm – Food Pantry at PA Club
2 pm to 6 pm – TestMV at MVRHS Parking Lot
SUNDAY:
9 am to 11:30 am – Church Street in Edgartown, between the Court House and the Whaling Church
12 pm to 3:30 pm – Brazilian Church stops
4 pm to 6 pm – Oak Bluffs Steamship Terminal
MONDAY:
6 am to 9 am – Shell Gas Station (Airport Business Park)
11 am to 1 pm – Up Island Cronigs
2 pm to 6 pm – TestMV at MVRHS Parking Lot
TUESDAY:
6 am to 9 am – Vineyard Haven Steamship Terminal Area
11 am to 1 pm – Triangle in Edgartown, outside of Island Health Care
2 pm to 6 pm – TestMV at MVRHS Parking Lot
WEDNESDAY:
6 am to 9 am – Edgartown Sharky’s
11 am to 1 pm – First Congressional Church in WT Center
1:30 pm to 3:30 pm – Food Pantry at PA Club
4 pm to 6 pm – TestMV at MVRHS Parking Lot
