vaccine

The Baker-Polito Administration announced Wednesday that K-12 educators, child care workers and K-12 school staff will be eligible to schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments starting March 11th. This group of workers will join the current eligible groups, which includes 65+ individuals and those with 2 or more certain medical conditions...

Excellent news! Berkshire County has reached a milestone. The Berkshires have vaccinated the highest percentage of its residents.

As the number of vaccinated individuals continues to grow, more people have reported side effects that can sometimes accompany the COVID-19 shot, including fatigue and soreness.

The Baker-Polito Administration has launched a new tool to help residents more easily find COVID-19 vaccination locations available to all residents and view appointment availability for some sites. The tool, called the COVID-19 Vaccine Finder, enables residents to search for a vaccination location and view appointment availability before scheduling...

New vaccination clinics have been announced for those eligible for the jab part of the state’s Phase 1 rollout for those 75-years old and older, health-care workers, first responders and workers and residents in congregate care facilities...

Governor Baker provided an update from the State House on Massachusetts’ COVID-19 vaccination status. A phone line people can call, to make a COVID-19 vaccine appointment.

The Baker-Polito Administration on Thursday announced a new multilingual public awareness campaign called “Trust the Facts. Get the Vax.” According to a media release, the research-driven, $2.5 million campaign promotes the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine and urges residents to get vaccinated when it is their turn, as vaccines continue to be distributed across the Commonwealth... Read

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At a press conference this afternoon at Fenway Park, Governor Charlie Baker gave an update on the state’s COVID-19 response.  The Gov said yesterday the Department of Public Health reported 1,963 new cases of the virus out of 61,265 new tests...

Adults over 65, teachers, grocery workers, and other Phase 2 groups are expected to be able to receive the vaccine by mid-February. From a story reported on by WWLP/22 News Springfield, there’s been a feeling of frustration in Massachusetts, over the state leaving out older adults in Phase 1 and those with health conditions who could be most at risk of developing severe COVID-19 complications... R