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People arrive at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence on April 17 for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for people of color

New protocols aim to prevent another ‘glitch’ in Rhode Island’s COVID-19 vaccination registration

by Lynn Arditi April 20, 2021December 5, 2023

Rhode Island health officials have put in place new protocols aimed at safeguarding COVID-19 vaccination appointments after 1,400 people of color received false cancellation notices for a clinic last weekend. Access to clinic cancellations has been restricted to certain supervisory and leadership-level staff, and all staff have been retrained, pending a state police probe into […]

People arrive at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence on Saturday for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for residents of color.

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State Police to probe false cancellation notices for COVID-19 vaccinations

by Lynn Arditi April 12, 2021December 5, 2023

Rhode Island Governor Daniel J. McKee has asked the State Police to look into why some 1,400 people of color who had registered for last weekend’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence were sent false cancellation notices. Several community leaders had raised concerns to The Public’s Radio about whether the cancellation […]

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