The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) announced Monday that it will scale back COVID-19 vaccination and testing operations in the city.
The adjustments will take effect on May 13. Officials cited “a sustained decline in patient use and volume” in making the decision.
Two sites, at the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building in Roxbury and Boston City Hall, will be operational.
However, the Hyde Park Community Center, Josephine Fiorentino Community Center and Lena Park Community Development Corporation sites will be operational on May 13.
Vaccinations, boosters and take-home control kits will continue to be available at City Hall and the Bruce C Building. Bolling. The latter will temporarily close on May 12 and reopen on May 18. When it reopens, the Bolling Building will be open Thursday through Saturday from 12:00 to 18:00.
“The sustained decline in our COVID-19 parameters is a testament to the coverage presented through vaccines and boosters,” BPHC Public Health Commissioner and Executive Director Dr. Bisola Ojikutu said in a statement. “Strong immunity to COVID-19 is important to reduce hospitalizations and severe illness. I urge all Americans over the age of 65 or who are severely immunocompromised to get the bivalent booster of the moment, as recommended.
The BPHC distributed more than 6,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in 2022.
Officials cited a number of statistics when pronouncing the changes:
“The permanent program is evidence of the extent to which public fitness and fitness care organizations can promote fitness equity when we tear down silos and paints together,” the OCHPC said in a statement.