The largest hospitals in Massachusetts began receiving highly anticipated coronavirus vaccines on Monday, and more than 54,000 more doses are slated to arrive at another 17 hospitals statewide, the Baker Administration said Tuesday.
UMass Memorial Medical Center was among those receiving a total of 5,850 vaccines on Monday, with the first shots at the Worcester hospital expected to be given Wednesday. Southbridge-based Harrington HealthCare System said Tuesday it received its first shipment Tuesday and will begin providing doses to system staff as early as Wednesday.
State officials are expecting Massachusetts to receive 300,000 coronavirus vaccine doses before the end of the month. Little more than half are made by Pfizer, whose vaccine won U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval last Friday. The remainder will come from Cambridge-based Moderna, whose own approval is expected this week.
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