Vaccines Arrive In Long-Term Care Facilities In Massachusetts
Shirley Nolan, the first resident of Boston's Edgar P. Benjamin Healthcare Center to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, exclaimed "Hallelujah" after getting her shot.
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Retired teacher Shirley Nolan raised her arms aloft after receiving her first COVID-19 vaccine, exclaiming, "Hallelujah."
Nolan was the first resident of Boston's Edgar P. Benjamin Healthcare Center to get the shot, a moment captured on video and publicized by state health officials as efforts began Monday to vaccinate long-term care residents in Massachusetts.
The coronavirus has exacted a tragic toll on long-term care centers both in the state and nationally and the risks faced by their residents and workforce have placed the facilities near the front vaccine rollout line.