Worcester location chosen as Central Massachusetts super vaccination site
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
The briefing is scheduled for 4 p.m. on the campus of the university.
In discussing a possible site previously, City Manager Edward Augustus Jr. said a site would have the capacity to vaccinate more than 1,000 people per day.
Gillette Stadium began operation as the state’s first mass vacation center last week. Soon after, officials announced Fenway Park would become another hub that could vaccinate thousands per day. Fenway began administering vaccines this week.
The Worcester location joins other mass vaccination sites around that state including the Eastfield Mall in Springfield, the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury and the Doubletree Hotel in Danvers.
‘Recovery bell’ installed at DCU Center in Worcester rings each time a patient recovers from COVID
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
Each time a COVID patient is discharged from the field hospital at the DCU Center in Worcester, everyone in the arena knows it.
This week, UMass Memorial Health Care, which operates the surge facility, installed a “recovery bell” that rings each time a patients is discharged.
On Monday, UMass shared a video of a health care employee ringing the large bell loudly after yelling, “This one’s for Tony!” This one s for Tony!!
A recovered #COVID@DCUCenter patient asked if a caregiver could give him a Recovery Ring to celebrate his journey back home after a seven-day stay. Woohoo! #UMassMemorialpic.twitter.com/tPU4drTOe6 UMass Memorial (@umassmemorial) February 1, 2021
COVID-19 Vaccine Site To Open In Hard-Hit Chelsea
In this July 27, 2020, file photo, a nurse in Binghamton, N.Y., prepares a shot of Moderna s COVID-19 vaccine.
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In It Together | Feb. 21, 2021
On Thursday, the city of Chelsea is set to open its own coronavirus vaccination center at the headquarters of the Chelsea Collaborative.
The East Boston Neighborhood Health Center will operate the new vaccination site. Appointments can be made online and over the phone starting Tuesday morning. The center will initially be limiting access to Chelsea residents only, starting with those 75 years and older.
The location of the center is in the recently rebuilt headquarters of the Chelsea Collaborative, a nonprofit community organization located at 318 Broadway in Chelsea.
The session is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
No appointment is necessary. Use the entrance at 201 Commercial St.
The free testing is sponsored by the city of Worcester and the UMass Memorial Health Care COVID-19 Equity Task Force.
The schedule could further change due to snow. See here for updates.
Nor’easter prompts UMass Memorial Health Care to alter hours at free walkup COVID testing in Worcester MassLive.com 2/1/2021 Michael Bonner, masslive.com
Monday’s storm, which is expected to drop as much as 18 inches of snow in Worcester, has forced the city to alter the hours for free walk-up COVID testing.
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Free COVID-19 testing at the Mercantile Center at 201 Commercial St. in Worcester will take place from 10:30 a.m. until noon on Monday. Originally, UMass Memorial Health Care planned to provide free walk-up testing from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Testing for Tuesday and Thursday remains as planned from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Appointments are not required for the walk-up testing at the Mercantile Center.