Walk-ins welcomed at Mass. vaccination sites starting Monday
By Katie Lannan, State House News Service
Six of the state s mass vaccination sites will begin offering shots on a walk-up basis next Monday, Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday.
Speaking from a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Encore Boston Harbor casino, Baker said the addition of walk-up slots at the Hynes Convention Center and Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, the DoubleTree Hotel in Danvers, the former Circuit City in Dartmouth, and malls in Natick and Springfield will make it easier for Massachusetts residents to access vaccines. This could be a great new chapter to the program overall, and paired with the targeted community-based effort that we re pursuing like this one here at Encore, we should be able to reach many more of our residents and build on the national-leading success we ve had in distributing vaccines so far, which will help us further reopen our economy, protect our communities, and fundamentally provide
Six mass vaccination sites to start offering walk-up COVID-19 vaccinations next week, Baker announces
By Travis Andersen Globe Staff,Updated May 5, 2021, 1:43 p.m.
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Governor Charlie Baker gave a thumbs up sign as Beth Franklin took a selfie while she waited after getting her first Pfizer vaccine shot at the Encore Boston Harbor Casino.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
Following months of agonizing waits online to book appointments, lines at clinics that sometimes kept people out in the cold for long stretches, and the occasional mad rush to get leftover doses, officials in Massachusetts said Wednesday that residents seeking a COVID-19 vaccine can now simply walk into any one of hundreds of sites around the state without scheduling a slot ahead of time.
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By State House News Service
Nearly five months after the first COVID-19 vaccines were administered in Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday the state was moving into a new, more targeted phase of its immunization effort with the state on track to meet its initial goal of fully vaccinating 4.1 million people by early June.
Baker said the revised vaccine strategy would see the administration begin to dial back its reliance on mass vaccination sites and increase vaccine distribution to regional vaccine sites, mobile clinics and primary care providers to improve access to harder to reach populations.
Four of the seven high-volume mass vaccination sites - Gillette Stadium, Hynes Convention Center, Natick Mall and Danvers Doubletree - will close by the end of June, leaving sites in Boston, Springfield and Dartmouth.