Fall River, Somerset pharmacies among new COVID-19 vaccine access points
Chris Lisinski
BOSTON More than a dozen Massachusetts pharmacies including ones in Fall River and Somerset will administer thousands of COVID-19 vaccines through a new federal partnership, a mass vaccination site will open at Fenway Park next month, and UMass Amherst will expand its immunization efforts in an escalation of the state s rollout plans.
Gov. Charlie Baker s office on Tuesday announced the significant uptick in vaccine capacity on four fronts, collectively adding thousands of doses per week to the state s capacity.
CVS and Walgreens pharmacies will share 10,000 vaccine doses per week to administer as part of the COVID-19 Centers for Disease Control Pharmacy Partnership, Baker s office said, making Massachusetts one of the first states in the new program.
OBITUARY: Robert Charles Durfee, 1941-2021
Robert Charles Durfee, 79, of Fairhaven, passed away on January 16,
2021, surrounded by his family, after a valiant fight against
Alzheimer’s. He was born to Bradford and Agnes Durfee on June 9,
1941, in Fall River, Massachusetts.
Bob attended
school in Fall River, graduating from Durfee High School in 1959. He
had joined the Navy prior to his graduation and upon completion of
his basic training, became the sailor who never set foot on a ship,
working on heavy equipment as a “Sea-Bee” with duty stations in
Port Huaneme and Okinawa, before ending his Naval career at
Centerville Naval Base in Ferndale. Upon his discharge in 1963, he