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Gov. Charlie Baker is due to testify before a committee of lawmakers this week after his administration admitted the state s vaccine booking website, which crashed last week, cost nearly a half a million dollars.
Baker will go before the legislature s COVID-19 and Emergency Management and Preparedness Committee on Thursday at an oversight hearing probing the state s beleaguered vaccine rollout. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
One area that panel could delve into is the latest major bump in the rollout process, which occurred when Massachusetts Vaxfinder signup website crashed Thursday as 1 million more people became eligible to get the vaccine.
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Gov. Baker set to testify before COVID-19 committee
By Katie Lannan, State House News Service
Gov. Charlie Baker has agreed to testify before the Joint Committee on COVID-19 and Emergency Preparedness on Thursday at the first oversight hearing of the new panel where lawmakers are planning to question the administration on its coronavirus vaccine program, according to one of the committee s chairs.
Massachusetts position with respect to other states has been rapidly improving as the supply of vaccine coming into the state has increased and as the state has opened up its eligibility criteria to include more of the population.