NORWICH – Chenango County public health nurses will no longer administer vaccinations at regular clinics in off-site locations.

Public Health Director Marcas Flindt said service was discontinued in McDonough, Unadilla Valley School, Greene, Bainbridge, Afton, South Otselic and Oxford at the beginning of the year on a trial basis through March. The move is designed to free up nurses’ time.

“Two and sometimes three nurses spend the day at a remote clinic only to deliver three vaccinations. They would be there all day,” he said.

The numbers have significantly diminished with fewer births and the advent of Child Health Plus social services funding for vaccines, he said.