The state Department of Public Health partnership with Griffin Health to have 35 yellow minivans tour Connecticut offering COVID-19 vaccines has been slow to roll out, and the vaccination rates have decreased in recent weeks.  The minivan will be at Danbury Library from 11am to 5pm and outside PriceRite on Main Street tomorrow from 2pm to 6pm. 

The Danbury minivan has the Pfizer vaccine so kids as young as 12, with parental permission, can now get vaccinated at these stops. 

According to the Department, the first week of April saw more than 2,300 shots administered, but last week it was just about 1,000 doses.  The vans are part of a $33 million outreach program designed to reach residents in areas identified by the CDC as “socially vulnerable.”  50 zip codes in Connecticut fit that description including part of Danbury. 

The Department has said the vans administered 9,376 doses from April 7 to May 8.