Worcester launches COVID vaccination hub for first responders at senior center with 288 doses expected on first day
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
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Dr. Michael Hirsh had difficulty sleeping Sunday night. Worcester’s medical director and UMass Memorial Health Care’s director of trauma services and surgeon-in-chief of the Children’s Medical Center felt the excitement of Monday morning when the city began administering COVID vaccines to first responders in Worcester.
He elevated Monday ahead of the day when he received the vaccine.
“There’s a lot of people who are going to have immunity, which is great,” Hirsh said.
Masks covered the faces of Worcester Police Chief Steve Sargent and Fire Chief Michael Lavoie but joy permeated from their expressions as each became the first first responders in the city to receive Moderna’s vaccine.
Massachusetts is preparing to launch a pooled testing program in schools that aims to help expand monitoring for COVID-19 and encourage schools to remain
The cost of building Polar Park, the new home of the minor league Worcester Red Sox, has risen to $157 million, Worcester officials said Friday afternoon, reflecting cost increases stemming largely from the coronavirus pandemic.
With the increase, the public facility will become the most expensive minor league baseball stadium ever built, surpassing the inflation adjusted $153-million home of the Las Vegas Aviators.
The WooSox have committed to covering the latest overruns, which the city says total $17.3 million, according to a memo to the Worcester City Council made public late Friday.
With potentially less than three months until the stadium s opening, the city has also reached a tentative lease agreement with the baseball team, which now requires approval from the Worcester Redevelopment Authority. The City Council will also need to approve $14 million, including fees and interest, in new borrowing to cover most of the project s latest overruns, which will then be repaid by t