New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu To Get COVID Vaccine Saturday
LOUDON, N.H. (CBS) - This Saturday, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu is set to join the growing number of Americans who have received the coronavirus vaccine.
Sununu is scheduled to get the vaccine at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway mass vaccination site at around noon. The state's Health and Human Services Commissioner Lori Shibinette and Bureau of Infectious Disease Control Chief Dr. Beth Daly will also get their vaccine shots.
The Speedway is hosting its third mass vaccination event on Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be the only vaccine offered at the venue on those two days.
Vaccinations at the mass vaccination site are available by appointment only.
Sununu announced on Thursday that New Hampshire is expanding eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine to all individuals 16 and older, starting on April 19, regardless of residency.