2021-02-05 CoronaVirus Update #46
To: All residents
From: Steve Dunn, First Selectman
COVID CASES IN BROOKFIELD
As of yesterday, Thursday the 4th of February, Brookfield remains in the Red Zone. All but 8 municipalities in Connecticut are in the Red Zone.
In the last two weeks reported we have had 122 new cases of the virus in Brookfield. That moves our rate per 100K residents to 51.3. Positivity rate for Brookfield is now 7.5%, down from 7.8% last week. Cases last week were 66, up from the 56 reported for the prior week. Our trends overall are moving in the right direction but are higher than many towns. The good news is 62.1% of our residents 75 and older have been vaccinated.
VACCINE APPOINTMENTS for Priority Group 1b-those aged 75 and older:
FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS BY PHONE:
The phone number to call for an appointment is: 877-918-2224. The phones are open from 8AM to 8PM seven days a week. More information on this is available on the town website. You may have to wait for service but they have increased the staffing to address this issue.
Link to guide for making phone appointments:
https://www.brookfieldct.gov/home/news/making-appointments-phone-vaccinations
FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT THROUGH THE TOWN:
We continue to urge all residents to register for Brookfield’s vaccination list if you meet the criteria of being 65 or older or if you are immune compromised. The link to the form is on the town website.
If you are 75 or older and have not received an email inviting you to register, please check your spam and junk folders for the message. If you still cannot find the email, it is possible your internet or email provider has blocked the email. If you have been unable to find an invite that has been sent to you, please allow the following email addresses in your security filters:
Each person wanting to get vaccinated must have their own unique email address.
Link to the form on the town website to enter you into the VAMS system when you are eligible:
https://brookfieldct.seamlessdocs.com/f/COVIDVaccine
A guide for making an appointment by computer once you have received an email from VAMS is also on the town website:
https://fairfieldct.org/filestorage/10726/11024/VAMS_Account_Creation_and_Scheduling_Guide.pdf
WHO IS ELIBIBLE NEXT FOR THE VACCCINE?
The Governor has said that the next eligible group to receive the vaccine will be those 65 and older and those who have underlying health problems. The State has not yet decided which underlying health problems will qualify people to receive the vaccine. We are told that the next eligible groups will be announced in the next two to three weeks.
CLINICS IN BROOKFIELD
Over 400 people have been vaccinated at Brookfield’s clinics. We have clinics set up for all of February on Thursdays and Fridays. In order for Brookfield to be eligible to receive the vaccine we have to establish our clinics before we know exactly how many doses of the vaccine we will get each week. It is quite possible that we will not be given enough vaccine for the clinics we have set up in the future. We are working very hard to obtain additional doses for those who have booked appointments in Brookfield. This is a problem across the State and most likely will not change until more vaccine becomes available.
SOME GOOD NEWS
Brookfield now has our own ice skating rink located at Williams Park. We encourage all residents to come out and give it a try. We ask that you do this safely and follow the rules listed at the rink.
Again, the phone number to call to schedule a vaccination is: 877-918-2224