Further details on when Massachusetts teachers can get COVID vaccine expected this week
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
By Katie Lannan | State House News Service
State education officials are expecting to receive additional written information about the vaccine rollout for K-12 educators by the end of this week from the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and Department of Public Health, and will share that information with local school districts “as soon as it becomes available,” Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeff Riley wrote in a Monday newsletter.
School nurses are included in the ongoing first phase of the state’s vaccine distribution plan, along with other health care workers, while most K-12 school personnel fall into the second phase, after groups including people aged 65 and older and those with two or more health conditions that put them at high risk for COVID-19 complications.
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