Massachusetts lagging behind most other states in COVID-19 vaccination rollout
Just over 5 percent of state residents have gotten a vaccine shot
By Robert Weisman and Kay Lazar Globe Staff,Updated January 23, 2021, 2:41 p.m.
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Gene Leonard, a WWII Army Air Corps gunner who served on a B-17 in Europe, beamed after getting his vaccine from Walgreens pharmacists Erin Smith at the Brightview Country Club Heights in Woburn.Lane Turner/Globe Staff
Six weeks after the first COVID-19 vaccines were authorized for emergency use, Massachusetts â celebrated as a national health care leader â ranks in the bottom half of US states in getting injections into the arms of its residents.
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