{"id":131035,"date":"2024-05-24T19:25:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T23:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=131035"},"modified":"2024-05-24T19:25:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T23:25:29","slug":"closure-of-the-covid-19-vaccination-and-testing-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=131035","title":{"rendered":"Closure of the COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Northampton County Executive Lamont G. McClure, in collaboration with the Northampton County Department of Community and Economic Development, Emergency Management Services, and Lehigh Valley Hospital-Coordinated Health Allentown Hospital (LVH-CHA), announces the closure of the COVID-19 vaccinations and testing sites in Northampton County.<\/p>\n<p>The vaccination site, LVPG Internal Medicine &#8211; Pine Street (325 Pine Street, Easton, PA 18042), and associated walk-in testing centers located at Bangor ExpressCARE, Bethlehem Township ExpressCARE, and Palmer Township ExpressCARE played a pivotal role in the region&#8217;s response to the pandemic which will now close on Saturday, June 1, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The COVID-19 vaccine continues to be the most effective way to protect each other from severe illness and death. I extend our deepest gratitude to LVH-CHA for their unwavering dedication in providing vaccination and testing services to Northampton County residents and employees for four years,&#8221; stated Executive Lamont McClure. &#8220;We will never be able to measure the number of lives\u00a0that\u00a0were\u00a0potentially saved\u00a0or the significant impact this partnership had on the thousands of County residents who utilized the testing site. I would be remiss if I did not express gratitude to the LVHN healthcare workers who administered the tests and vaccinations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the closure of the testing and vaccination site marks the end of a significant chapter in Northampton County&#8217;s COVID-19 response, the County remains committed to protecting the health and safety of our residents.<\/p>\n<p>For further information on testing and vaccination options, the public is encouraged to visit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wo6djquab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001_R9ntu9yCvD_QU5eE4zslcTaMc0y4onc2W37Q0aA2Cf41SlHGysd6IGMRADfCNYY4dAv95tBPTTAr2kpqDi2YVFXNnDxXrChugN2x4FaEOwoRsCyvk89eFQPZbhbZem30yK-HVsz5xiyHehoZ6lCra45R2UH-hGkBdZaGyo-2oCWxRXL5bP1wtpfuggdqHDk&amp;c=X2g9FLOOzot2ZrRnt9DiSiTDNgiv2utUDtplQzBn-FHVkumD0xm4yg==&amp;ch=pMtb6VBU3pdeAcavKpQED82rSRY9Db3Li0qmwJvwsMSXbUXurXRLZg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/wo6djquab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f%3D001_R9ntu9yCvD_QU5eE4zslcTaMc0y4onc2W37Q0aA2Cf41SlHGysd6IGMRADfCNYY4dAv95tBPTTAr2kpqDi2YVFXNnDxXrChugN2x4FaEOwoRsCyvk89eFQPZbhbZem30yK-HVsz5xiyHehoZ6lCra45R2UH-hGkBdZaGyo-2oCWxRXL5bP1wtpfuggdqHDk%26c%3DX2g9FLOOzot2ZrRnt9DiSiTDNgiv2utUDtplQzBn-FHVkumD0xm4yg%3D%3D%26ch%3DpMtb6VBU3pdeAcavKpQED82rSRY9Db3Li0qmwJvwsMSXbUXurXRLZg%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1716678893541000&amp;usg=AOvVaw30wY-xGf4I07a0KXob5c3A\">www.lvhn.org\/treatments\/covid-<wbr \/>19-vaccines<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nCounty of Northampton<br \/>\n669 Washington Street<br \/>\nEaston, PA 18042<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/\">https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northampton County Executive Lamont G. McClure, in collaboration with the Northampton County Department of Community and Economic Development, Emergency Management Services, and Lehigh Valley Hospital-Coordinated Health Allentown Hospital (LVH-CHA), announces &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=131035\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Closure of the COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Site<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Northampton-Covid-nc.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131035"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/106081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}