A resident receiving a COVID-19 vaccine at a Norwich clinic earlier this year. The Chenango County Health Department will be holding a Pfizer vaccine clinic on Saturday, July 31, at the former Label Shopper building in the South Plaza in Norwich. (Photo by Zachary Meseck)

NORWICH — The Chenango County Health Department will be holding another vaccine clinic on Saturday, July 31. The free clinic will be held at the former Label Shopper in the South Plaza in Norwich.

Pfizer vaccines will be administered from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., to participants ages 12 and up. Pfizer is a two dose vaccine, so second doses will be scheduled for August 21 at the same location.

Public Health Information Officer Isaiah Sutton said it is still important for residents to get vaccinated, as those who are unvaccinated are at a higher risk for contracting COVID and having negative effects.

"Nationwide it is still the unvaccinated group that is at the highest risk to contract the disease, and have that disease have a severe negative outcome," he said.

Sutton said the Delta variant is also a concern, and practicing good hygiene and getting vaccinated are the key to retaining the normalcy we've achieved since the pandemic began.