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While nearly half of the City’s population has received a COVID-19 vaccination, the numbers for Black residents, in particular, is far lower than the percentage of the population they make up, according to state data released on May 27, putting Vaccine Equity in the forefront of new strategies to continue the vaccination efforts.
Numbers for Everett showed that white and Asian residents are at or exceeding their percentage of the population within the vaccine numbers, while Black residents are far below their percentage and Hispanic residents are also below their percentages of the population.
That is contrasted with nearby communities like Chelsea, Revere and East Boston where the numbers of vaccinated Hispanic and Black residents, in particular, are far higher proportionally – and in fact – are some of the highest numbers in the state according to East Boston Neighborhood Health Center CEO Manny Lopes.
Long-time community organizer and life-long resident Norieliz DeJesus announced this week that she will be mounting a campaign for the District 3 City Council seat, which is currently occupied by incumbent Naomi Zabot.
It is one of several races that features some of the tried and true advocates and allies from local non-profits in the City – including La Colaborativa and GreenRoots, among others. However, for DeJesus, it was a feeling of being able to bring the voices she encounters in her grass-roots organizing to the inside of the Council.
Norieliz DeJesus, a longtime resident and organizer at La Colaborativa, has taken out papers to run for District 3 City Council.
Covax signs deal for 500m Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses The doses, to come on stream from October at the earliest, will broaden out the portfolio of vaccines in the Covax scheme, which has so far been heavily reliant on the AstraZeneca vaccine and hit by delays. A healthcare worker fills a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States on 24 December 2020. Picture: AFP.
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GENEVA - The Covax global vaccine equity programme said Monday it has struck a deal to buy 500 million doses of Moderna s COVID-19 jabs.
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‘Mobile Vax’ effort launched Saturday in hard-hit communities, starting with East Boston
Patients who received doses left written thank you messages on a banner at the vaccination site. A slogan printed on the side of the bus read, “My reason: protect my community.” Vaccine recipients waited in line in Central Square Park outside a coach bus converted into a mobile vaccine clinic in East Boston Saturday.