For the past few weeks, Ulster County has seen a significant drop in people getting vaccinated. The large vaccination sites saw a decrease from about 2,000 people a day to around 200 people a day.

“We have a significant drop off in the number of people that are interested in getting vaccinations at the big POD sites,” says Ulster County Director of Vaccinations Dan Proctor.

In an effort to get more people vaccinated, the county has opened up walk-in vaccination clinics for this week.

“We've gone through kind of a strategy review and have decided to move out to select communities around the county based on social vulnerability index,” says Proctor.

The clinics will be held in New Paltz, Rosendale, Accord and Gardiner. Officials are hoping to attract older individuals who do not have access to technology, or those having difficulty registering for the vaccine, like Morgaine Healy, who has tried for weeks to get vaccinated.

“I had a hard time figuring out how to make an appointment anywhere else, and a friend of mine told me they were doing this today. So, I came,” says Healy.

In less than 15 minutes, Healy received her shot and a staff member helped her to register to get text notification for her second dose.

To get even more people vaccinated, officials are planning on restarting the mobile vaccination program for homebound individuals now that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine has been reapproved.

The walk-in clinics will continue for the rest of the week.