UMass Medical School launches Vaccine Corps, backed by philanthropy, to support statewide vaccine rollout
UMass Medical School Communications February 17, 2021
Philanthropic donations totaling $435,000 have been raised to support the Vaccine Corps launched by UMass Medical School, the statewide initiative to recruit and deploy volunteers to accelerate the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Massachusetts.
Kara Kennedy (right) is among the UMMS students volunteering at the large-scale COVID-19 vaccination site at Worcester State University.
The Vaccine Corps began with Medical School faculty and students supporting the equitable distribution of vaccine to vulnerable populations and has been expanded in partnership with Commonwealth Medicine, the consulting and operations division of UMass Medical School. More than 1,800 volunteers have registered through the Vaccine Corps to volunteer at vaccination sites in a variety of roles. Trained and licensed volunteers and medical and
A group of 20 Assumption University biology students is spending the spring semester training to become contact tracers to help track the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Weather forces cancellation of morning COVID vaccine appointments at Worcester locations Tuesday; People will be rescheduled for Saturday
Updated Feb 15, 2021;
The icy conditions expected across Massachusetts Monday night into Tuesday afternoon has forced officials to cancel and reschedule some COVID vaccine appointments at the Worcester super vaccination site and Worcester Senior Center.
The vaccination clinic scheduled for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Worcester State University on Chandler Street will be rescheduled to the same time but on Saturday, Feb. 20. Appointment times for people will remain the same and email notifications will be sent out to those who had scheduled appointments, city officials said.