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The Postal Service website for ordering free COVID-19 rapid tests is now live.
The USPS is delivering one shipment of four COVID tests per residential address. Enter your name, address and email at www.usps.com/covidtest to request a shipment.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends that adolescents age 12 to 17 years old should receive a booster shot five months after their initial Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination series.
“Data show that COVID-19 boosters help broaden and strengthen protection against omicron and other SARS-CoV-2 variants,” the CDC said.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices reviewed the available safety data following the administration of over 25 million vaccine doses in adolescents and found COVID-19 vaccines to be safe and effective, the CDC said.
At this time, only the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is authorized and recommended for adolescents aged 12-17.
A state-run COVID-19 PCR testing site will open at Stony Brook University starting Friday. The site will operate from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and administer approximately 225 tests by appointment and 50 tests by walk-in per day. Appointments are available starting next week and can be made by visiting this link: https://bit.ly/3eWlyKK
Local surge: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Town of Riverhead for the week ending Dec. 24 (215) was roughly equal to the number of confirmed cases in the town during the entire month of November (217).
Data source: Suffolk County Department of Health Services
The omicron variant comprised 64% of sequenced positive test results from New York State between Dec. 21 and Dec. 24, according to the GISAID database, Gov. Kathy Hochul's office said in a press release last night.
Two Suffolk County pop-up vaccination sites will be held in Riverhead this week.
Monday, Dec. 20 for Pfizer and Moderna booster shots at First Baptist Church of Riverhead, 1018 Northville Turnpike, from 1 to 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 22 for Pfizer vaccines, as well as booster shots, at Riverhead Free Library, 330 Court St., from 2 to 6 p.m.
For more information about Suffolk County vaccination clinics visit the county's website.
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