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Peabody Student COVID Vaccination Clinic Set For Thursday

The vaccination clinic for all Peabody students age 5 and older will be at the Higgins Middle School.

PEABODY, MA —As Peabody students returned to mask-optional school buildings and buses this week efforts continue to increase vaccination rates among them ahead of any potential future COVID-19 surges.

A free vaccination clinic for Peabody students age 5 and older will be held on Thursday at the Higgins Middle School. Parents are students are welcomed between noon and 4 p.m. and 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

No pre-registration is required for this clinic.

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The clinic is open to all school-age children in Peabody.

Higgins students can also be vaccinated during the regular school day with parental consent filed here.

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The city of Peabody, Essex County Community Foundation, Archipelago Strategies Group and Purple Shielf are offering the clinic with the help of funding from the Eastern Bank Foundation.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)

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