Watch: Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker provides COVID vaccination update
Updated 12:04 PM;
Gov. Charlie Baker will tour the vaccination site at Oceanside Events Center in Revere and hold a news conference alongside other state and local leaders.
Joining Baker are Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders, Revere Mayor Brian Arrigo and East Boston Neighborhood Health Center President and CEO Manny Lopes.
Baker plans to provide an update on the state’s vaccination efforts. The press conference was scheduled to begin at noon.
Active infections in Massachusetts dipped slightly to 34,652 on Tuesday, down from 35,167 reported on Monday after the state missed a day of reporting due to the Easter holiday. Since the pandemic began, officials have confirmed 609,533 total COVID-19 cases across the state.
As Massachusetts opens COVID vaccine eligibility, Gov. Charlie Baker urges seniors to get shot if they haven’t yet
Updated Apr 07, 2021;
More than three-quarters of Massachusetts’ seniors have already rolled up their sleeves for a COVID-19 vaccine, but Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday reminded older unvaccinated residents that they remain vulnerable.
“If you are over the age of 65 or 55, I think it’d be great if you sign up, pre-register to get an appointment now that it’s your turn,” Baker said in a news conference Wednesday after touring the vaccination site at Oceanside Events Center in Revere. “Because you are, based on all the data associated with vulnerable populations . you are most at-risk. We’re thrilled we’re over 80% with that population, but that still means there’s a bunch of folks who are quite elderly who haven’t signed up yet.”
Healey calls for more attention to equity in stateâs coronavirus vaccination campaign
By Matt Stout Globe Staff,Updated February 22, 2021, 11:58 a.m.
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Attorney General Maura Healey speaking at a news conference at the vaccination site in Chelsea Monday.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
CHELSEA â Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey waded into the public debate over coronavirus vaccine distribution Monday, touring a site in this hard-hit city and pressing Governor Charlie Baker to further incorporate equity into how shots are allocated statewide.
âI think equity should have been, and should continue to be, the forefront in the planning. Not only is it a matter of fairness and justice . . . but itâs also key, I think, to public health outcomes,â Healey told reporters in the basement of the vaccination site run by La Colaborativa, a Chelsea nonprofit, and the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center.