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National Guard will be deployed to help Springfield mass vaccination site, mayor says Share Updated: 7:12 PM EST Feb 9, 2021
National Guard will be deployed to help Springfield mass vaccination site, mayor says Share Updated: 7:12 PM EST Feb 9, 2021
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Show Transcript START TO EVEN OUT. WCVB NEWSCENTER 5. ED: IN SPRINGFIELD, PEOPLE WAITED OUTSIDE IN THE SNOW FOR VACCINATIONS TODAY THE CITY’S MAYOR IS ASKING FOR CHANGES TO THE CLINIC AT THE EASTFIELD MALL. HE SAYS ORGANIZERS HAVE TOLD HIM THAT SENIORS WILL BE ALLOWED TO WAIT INSIDE FOR THEIR SHOTS, A THAT MORE WORKFORCE IS BEING ADDED TO CUT DOWN ON WAIT TIME MAYOR DOMENIC SARNO ALSO SAYS THAT THE NATIONAL GUARD IS BEING DEPLOYED TO ASSIST WITH THE VACCINATIONS. THE CLINIC AT THE EASTFIELD MALL IS THE ONLY MASS VACCINA
Are smaller vaccination sites the key to reaching residents within Massachusetts’ urban centers?
Updated Feb 13, 2021;
Posted Feb 13, 2021
One of the 10 National Guards m edical personel stands outside the doors at the Eastfield Mall vaccination site. (Douglas Hook / MassLive)
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As the vaccine slowly drips through to municipalities across the state, city leaders look at where they could open their own sites for residents.
Springfield houses the only super vaccination site west of Worcester at the Eastfield Mall, which has seen problems with understaffing and overbooking for the Pfizer-BioNTech dose. On Feb. 1, people 75 years old and over were able to book a vaccine at sites across the state. With a limited number of appointments statewide, officials question how many city residents are getting vaccinated at the site.