Big E remains ‘in the running’ as site for regional vaccine collaborative, but not chosen in state’s latest round
Updated Feb 24, 2021;
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Massachusetts announced Wednesday 11 new collaborative regional COVID-19 vaccination sites, but a proposed three-community site at the Big E wasn’t one of them.
“But we are in the running if supply (of doses) increases,” West Springfield Mayor William Reichelt said following Gov. Charlie Baker’s announcement. “If we just had more doses, I think everybody would be happy. But I guess that goes for everyone across the country.”
The Big E clinic was proposed by Westfield, West Springfield, Agawam and Southwick because the state has pulled back from supplying doses to smaller clinics run by local health departments.